Has this happened to anyone else?

[fatbegone]

Ouch 🤕... Has this happened to anyone else?

 

[Exolon75]

Yes. And I pricked my finger. Lesson learned.

 

[ZippityDooDah]

Not to me because there is never a reason to re-cap a needle.

 

[Skidude]

Ouch 🤕... Has this happened to anyone else?

After I noticed this once I started twisting and pushing with fingers back to ensure it did not protrude side if bent at all.
There was a post about using bent needles that it could break inside you or vials, so if bent at all I will NOT pin with it. They are cheap, I would rather start over.

 

[fatbegone]

Yes. And I pricked my finger. Lesson learned.

So did I! 😄

After I noticed this once I started twisting and pushing with fingers back to ensure it did not protrude side if bent at all.
There was a post about using bent needles that it could break inside you or vials, so if bent at all I will NOT pin with it. They are cheap, I would rather start over.

I'd freak out if a needle got stuck under my skin lol

 

[Doxyisfoxy]

I give a lot of vaccines and generally I agree that there’s no reason to recap a syringe but every once in a while you get interrupted in the middle of what you’re doing. That’s life. Please do not lay an uncapped syringe on any old surface before coming back to inject and also don’t put yourself at risk for injury by using two hands to recap.

 

[Skidude]

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I give a lot of vaccines and generally I agree that there’s no reason to recap a syringe but every once in a while you get interrupted in the middle of what you’re doing. That’s life. Please do not lay an uncapped syringe on any old surface before coming back to inject and also don’t put yourself at risk for injury by using two hands to recap.

Thank you, I was unaware of that technique. I usually cap when having multiple injections prior to going to my sharps container to dispose of them, I may try to add moving it to work area to avoid or use this technique.

 

[MrsRoper_1977]

Yep. I prepare my cjc no dac/ipa a few hours ahead of injecting (to make sure I’m fasted). So this happened last week but I didn’t notice until I was up to the bathroom to pin it. Oh well.

 

[Doxyisfoxy]

Thank you, I was unaware of that technique. I usually cap when having multiple injections prior to going to my sharps container to dispose of them, I may try to add moving it to work area to avoid or use this technique.

Another vaccinator pro-tip: your sharps container should already be at your workstation. Like literally right next to you, shouldn’t even have to take a step. You should NOT recap a used needle, it should go directly from the injection site to the sharps container. Capping the used needle puts yourself at risk, walking anywhere with a used needle puts yourself and others at risk.

Be safe 🙂

 

[wwwAngels]

I just throw everything in an empty plastic peanut canister, aka my cheap sharps container. This can help you avoid the whole situation.

 

[TooBigtoFail]

Great subject. Yes did happen. Painful learning. I recap, place in old milk jug, and then trash. I will evaluate the single hand scoop or direct trash to avoid recap. This should be on cheat sheet for newbies.