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Just wondering your take on injection size? Do you ever use a 27 gauge 1/2 inch or do you mostly use bigger size needles?
AlphaMD's Answer
For IM injections, providers generally start in the 21g draw & 25g 1" injection needle range. This is typically the sweet spot for being able to get to the muscle even in overweight patients and to inject medication quickly enough without causing too much damage.
That said, injection supplies cost the same to us most of the time when we can use our preferred pharmacies. Given the choice, providers would often recommend smaller gauge needles as they cause less damage and force patients to injection slower, which is better for PIP. However with smaller gauges, people quickly become way too annoyed to be spending time injecting that long, especially if they started on 25g needles.
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