Labelling pen cartridges

[RetCurious]

Fits fine and leaves plenty of room to look for cloudiness or blood in the cart (ask me about that one sometime).

I'll bite, how did that happen?

 

[kj4otu]

I'll bite, how did that happen?

My wife and I inject our wombats together normally. The day before I had mixed a new batch and put it in the pen cart. That day I went last and put the kit up. We always look closely for cloudiness, etc. The next day she went first and out of habit she looked before and there were blood "globules" in it. Looked like tiny red dots floating around with a larger group of red plasticky looking glob.

We're assuming it was blood and some amount had coagulated into the larger glob. When I injected the day before, I released my thumb off the pen slightly before removing the needle. When it came out it squirted out of the needle like it had not all injected. When i looked closely I noticed I forgot to get all of the air out of the cart. When I injected, it compressed the big bubble instead of injecting and when I released the pen before removing the needle I guess it had a spring effect and pulled blood into the cart. We've been very careful to remove the pen with pressure still on the pen while checking that no blood has entered the cart. I googled it afterward and it seems pretty common with GLP pens, etc. I left the contaminated vial on the table for a few days, the stuff in it turned a duller red, which would make sense once the oxygen is out of the blood. Not scientific, but it was the only thing we could figure out about what happened and it hasn't occurred since we started being careful to keep pressure on the pen when removing.

 

[leeann82]

I label everything. Vials, pens, and cartridges. Each pen has its own pep. I need to double check the dosage on each pen before I poke....dont wanna be one of the weenies that doses wrong 😆

 

[RetCurious]

When it came out it squirted out of the needle like it had not all injected. When i looked closely I noticed I forgot to get all of the air out of the cart. When I injected, it compressed the big bubble instead of injecting and when I released the pen before removing the needle I guess it had a spring effect and pulled blood into the cart. We've been very careful to remove the pen with pressure still on the pen while checking that no blood has entered the cart.

That's wild, a good reminder to not miss the "small" steps (cart air prurge) in the process.

 

[whimsps]

Does anyone label cartridges (instead of labeling the pen)? What size labels do you use? Is there a template on what info is good to include on the labels?

I use this little Kodak label printer for labeling both vials and cartridges:

KODAK Label ERA M50

Product Overview Create and print your own custom labels using the KODAK MEMO app. Designed with an inward-facing blade for safe and easy cutting. Compact, lightweight design fits comfortably in one hand. Perfect for organizing your home, kitchen, stationery, and office supplies. All refill...

kodakphotoprinter.com

It's not fancy but it's inexpensive and works.