Aspiration Question...

[houseofpain]

spotinjections.com says that if you aspirate and see blood you have to pull out, change needles and start over.

Does this mean you put a new needle on the syringe that has the juice and blood in it? Or do they mean you have to toss that dose and draw a fresh one?

If it's the first of the two... Is it possible/sterile to just pull the needle out a 1/4", re-aspirate, and if you don't see more blood, inject without pulling out?

 

[NapoleanComplex]

spotinjections.com says that if you aspirate and see blood you have to pull out, change needles and start over.

Does this mean you put a new needle on the syringe that has the juice and blood in it? Or do they mean you have to toss that dose and draw a fresh one?
* put a new needle on the end...pick a new spot, and let errr rip...


Is it possible/sterile to just pull the needle out a 1/4", re-aspirate, and if you don't see more blood, inject without pulling out?
* I wouldn't do that. Needles are cheap. Medical bills are NOT. Now that its said...it prolly isn't going to kill you.

 

[THeMaCHinE]

Technically, if you pull any blood into the barrel you're supposed to ditch the whole thing. That said, on the few rare occasions where I've hit a vein, I just pulled out and re-plunged...

 

[liftsiron]

All you need to do is reinject right away, your not going to be contaminated by your own blood. Unless you throw the works on your dresser to use at a later time after bacteria has had a chance to grow.

 

[FBodyGuy]

This has happened to me boefore when I did a shoulder shot. I aspirated the first time, got a drop of blood, pulled the pin out, and inject somewhere else. I used the same pin, and left the drop of blood in the gear.

No biggie.