Question | Answer |
all glass containers containing medication | Ampules |
Patient is NPO, or digestive juices counteract with the drug | Parenteral route is used when |
free of hair, lesions, inflammation, rashes, moles, and freckles | the injection site should be free from |
The intradermal route is used for | TB testing |
use a small needle, with a 5-15 degree angle of insertion (25, 27, or 29 gauge) | Intradermal Route |
injects small amount of medication (0.5-1mL) into tissue below the dermal layer | Subcutaneous Route |
usual sites upper arm, thigh, or abdomen | Subcutaneous Injections |
a 45-90 degree angle with a 25-27 gauge needle that is 3/8 to 1/2 inch long | Subcutaneous route |
used to be absorbed slowly for sustained action | IM route |
most frequently used sites are deltoid, ventrogluteal, vastus lateralis and rectus femoris | IM route |
90 degree angle with a 19-23 gauge needle at 1-3 inches long | IM injections |
absorption time depends on the drug | IM medications |
large enough for subcutaneous and most IM injections | 3mL syringe |
used for U100 strength insulin, calibrated in units | U-100 syringe |
1mL in size, calibrated to measure as small as 0.01mL drug doses | TB syringe |
require a special holder for the cartridge and needle | Unit dose cartridge |
surfaces that must remain sterile | needle, tip, inner barrel, and plunger |
the larger number, the smaller the needle. Needles are available in | 13-30 gauges |
what kind of needles should be used when drawing medication from a ampule | filter needles |
_____is discarded and new needle is attached to syringe for injecting meds into patient | Filter |
Ampules, vials, mix-o-vials, and unit dose cartridges | Parenteral Solutions available in |
vials may contain up to | 1-50mL |
color change, precipitation, clouding to invisible chemical changes rendering the drug inactive | a reaction when drugs combine that are incompatible |