▲ 64 r/Neverbrokeabone
Made it 32 years, only to be defeated by a 10 pound weight. I am ashamed of myself and my weak bones, I will see myself out. Goodbye.
u/tzxx33 — 12 hours ago
▲ 1.2k r/nursing
Noticed this happening 2-3 times now over the last few months, especially with Act-O-Vial’s. It’s been typical practice for myself and everyone I work with to use blunt 18g needles to draw up medications.
Has my nursing education failed me? Or why did i never know this was a thing? It makes sense it could happen in hind sight, but no one I’ve spoken to has ever even heard of it or noticed it to be a thing.
Apparently it is less likely to happen with a smaller gauge, but not impossible. I feel like I should just be drawing up everything with a filter needle going forward…
Edit: despite some earlier research that I read that suggested lower likelihood with smaller gauges, I found some data that actually suggests the opposite
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665913121000273
u/tzxx33 — 4 months ago