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Hypothetically, yes it can. HOWEVER, using sterile water for practicing IM injections will HURT. The sterile water is not isotonic with the cells in your body and will result in both pain and small uncontrolled muscle spasms that will subside in a few minutes. Please if possible use an isotonic sterile saline solution as this should not produce any pain or side effects.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoYes, it can be used and has been used for practice IM injections. Some sites you can get away with 3ml but for "practice" injections and specific site recommendations, it would be wiser to inject no more than 0.5ml to 1.0ml. Needs to be normal saline though, not sterile water.
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Can saline solution such as for contact lenses work as a fluid to use in syringes to do practice injections?
Saline is often used for some injections anyway, and it is a perfect practise fluid.
Why would a saline solution used for practice injections in a medical assisting class cause a slight sting while a solution of saline with bacteriostatic does not?
puncture in the skin that you are putting salt water into it.
Is normal saline can be used orally?
can normal saline for irrigation be used orally at 200ml 3 times daily
What is the effect of saline injections in ovariectomized rats?
Nothing, saline would have no effect on rats and would be used as a control.
Is normal saline classified as a drug?
Normal saline intended to be used for intravenous administration comes under drug category.
Normal saline solution is for what?
0.9% NaCl solution (normal saline, physiological saline) is used to give intravenous fluids to the patients suffering from salt and water deprivation. It can be used to wash the wounds etc.
What is the only fluid that is used with blood transfusions?
Saline. Sometimes referred to as normal saline or 0.9% NaCl.
Can normal saline be used for flushing sediment out of the eye?
Yes
What are commonly used diluent to reconstitute powder?
Water for injection or normal saline
Can normal saline solution be used instead of Ringer's solution in microbiology labs?
no
What is normal saline?
Normal saline is 0.9% NaCl (sodium chloride or salt). This means that for every 100 mL of water there is 0.9 grams of NaCl. This is equivalent to 9.0 grams per litre or 0.009 grams per millilitre.
Why normal saline used in irrigation?
When ever there is loss of fluids in the body.
