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Insulin syringe sourcing — anyone have experience?

tammy_FL Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 1:04 PM 37 replies 2,114 viewsPage 7 of 8
TinaHashiRN
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Nov 18, 2024 at 11:50 AM#31
tammy_FL said:
Went back through my own correspondence with an earlier supplier and the warning signs were all there in the replies, weeks before the quality…

Same experience, arrived at from the opposite direction. Nothing to add that would improve it.

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Nov 20, 2024 at 7:48 PM#32
tammy_FL said:
Went back through my own correspondence with an earlier supplier and the warning signs were all there in the replies, weeks before the quality…

There is a second half to this that has not been said yet. The useful checklist is about verifiability rather than presentation. Independent test results commissioned by buyers rather than by the seller, consistency across multiple batches over time rather than one flattering report, a physical address and a company registration that resolve, batch and lot numbers on the actual labelling, and a shipping practice that matches what the material needs. Everything a good-looking website provides is cheap to fake; none of the items above are.

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Nov 23, 2024 at 3:44 AM#33
tammy_FL said:
Went back through my own correspondence with an earlier supplier and the warning signs were all there in the replies, weeks before the quality…

Quick syringe math for dosing arithmetic dosing: if your vial is reconstituted at 5mg/2mL, that's 2.5mg/mL. For a 0.25mg dose you need 0.1mL = 10 units on an insulin syringe.

I keep a chart on my fridge:

  • 0.25mg = 10 units
  • 0.5mg = 20 units
  • 1.0mg = 40 units
  • 1.25mg = 50 units

Always double-check your concentration before drawing up!

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Nov 25, 2024 at 11:39 AM#34

A narrower follow-up, since the general answer is now clear:

What a vetting checklist should actually contain, as opposed to a list of things that are easy to fake?

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Nov 27, 2024 at 7:32 PM#35
jason_paloalto said:
Quick syringe math for dosing arithmetic dosing: if your vial is reconstituted at 5mg/2mL, that's 2.5mg/mL.

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