z track injection

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Which is the most common medication administered through z track?

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Specializes in Critical Care.

I know that they give Iron that way

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

Imferon - if Imferon gets into the surface tissues it stains the skin forever, so you want to inject it by Z-track to get it deep and to seal the track as you withdraw the needle so none of the drug seeps back afterward into the subcutaneous tissues. That is the purpose of Z-Track--to seal the needle track and trap the drug contents where it has been deposited.

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Specializes in Critical Care-Neuro/Trauma ICU.

Demerol can be given Z-track because it can be very irritating

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hydroxyzine (Atarax, Vistaril)

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Specializes in Emergency Room.

At my school we are taught to give all IMs Z-track. Is that not common?

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For us too, if the needle is 1 1/2 inches, we are z-tracking it.

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Specializes in Case management, occupational health.

Steroids and Inferion are the only ones we give Ztrack

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Specializes in CNA.

iron injections bc it can stain the skin permanately. also any med that may be irritating to the surrounding tissue (demerol).

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Specializes in Pulmonary med/surg/telemetry.

I keep hearing "anything that can be irritating ," but how can you know which medications will be irritating before you give it? Is this information in drug books, drug packets...?

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Specializes in cardiac/critical care/ informatics.

Iron is the only one i know of right off the top of my head.

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