Beginner question...

[Beginner...]

Can i re-use syringes? Im not talking about needles, im just asking about the barrels.

Also, am i right in assuming that when you aspirate, the air you aspirate should be sucked back into your body if all is okay? If i was to aspirate while in a vein, there would just be blood in the syringe that would NOT be sucked back into the body. I ask because i just got B12 and its blood red, of all colors...

Sorry about this, just something i wanna be sure of!

Thanks...

 

[alltraps]

yes when u aspirate, look for blood, and blood will still look different in the pin compared to your b12
why would you reuse syringes when they are so cheap?

 

[muscleup]

Yes you can re-use the barrels....Dunno why you would though.

If you aspirate blood then it will fill the syringe, it will not go back in your body.

 

[LoneTree]

Can i re-use syringes? Im not talking about needles, im just asking about the barrels.

Also, am i right in assuming that when you aspirate, the air you aspirate should be sucked back into your body if all is okay? If i was to aspirate while in a vein, there would just be blood in the syringe that would NOT be sucked back into the body. I ask because i just got B12 and its blood red, of all colors...

Sorry about this, just something i wanna be sure of!

Thanks...

It is cheaper to use a new syringe compared to treatment of an abscess.

 

[jack sparrow]

Also, am i right in assuming that when you aspirate, the air you aspirate should be sucked back into your body if all is okay?

Here is a good post on aspirating written by BARON from a different board. Very informative with regard to the mysterious "air bubbles".

"Notice that when you release the plunger after aspirating, the "air bubbles" mysteriously dissappear. They don't go out through the pin... watch closely... they just vanish right where they are. It is only vaccuum... nothingness. That is because the gear is a liquid, and liquids for all practical purposes are not compressible and do not expand to fill the available space the way a gas does. You can demonstrate this quite well by drawing up half a syringe full of cooking oil or any other liquid. Remove the pin. Purge all the air from the syringe. Firmly stop off the tip with your finger and pull out firmly on the plunger. Watch what happens. Release the plunger and watch what happens. There is no air in the syringe... you saw to that. Unlike water, oil does not normally pick up atmospheric gasses and hold them in solution. 2 + 2 = 4. Kitchen table science."

And bro...don't reuse anything when it comes to IM injection.

 

[Qphoton]

If you don't care about contamination. Well, you can use it for thousand times. No think deserve risking. BTW, If you couldn't afford i have around 500 syringes and i am NOT ready to give you some .lol......Take care