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Why is alcohol used to prepare the skin before giving a patient an injection?
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How does one prepare for a diskectomy?
The patient is given an injection an hour before the surgery to dry up internal fluids and encourage drowsiness
How does one prepare for a disk removal?
The patient is given an injection an hour before the surgery to dry up internal fluids and encourage drowsiness
Why should you let the alcohol dry before giving the injection in the intradermal location?
To ensure that medications are not diluted, or to minimize interactions. Also patient comfort, it stings.
What can you use to sanitize skin for a shot or injection?
Before an injection, doctors and nurses wipe the skin with 70% alcohol in the form of patches.
What preparations are associated with salpingectomy?
The patient is given an injection an hour before surgery to encourage drowsiness.
What must a patient do to prepare for a mediastinoscopy?
The physician will normally instruct the patient to fast from midnight before the test until after the procedure is completed.
Can you give me a sentence using the word disinfectant?
The nurse applied disinfectant to the patient's arm before given him the injection.
In prison why do they swab your arms with alcohol before they give you a lethal injection?
cuz they dont want ur aids son
What prep work does a patient receive before undergoing a mastoidectomy?
The doctor will give the patient a thorough ear, nose, and throat examination as well as a detailed hearing test before surgery. Patients are given an injection before surgery to make them drowsy.
Why do nurses use seventy percent alcohol to wipe the skin before giving injection?
Kills germs on the skin that may cause an infection
How does one prepare for a balloon valvuloplasty?
For at least six hours before balloon valvuloplasty, the patient will have to avoid eating or drinking anything
What happens if you have a hangover while you get a whooping cough injection?
if you have a hangover while you get the whooping cough injection you will have a reaction which could be something like fainting or it could be as bad as a fit. the safest way to avoid it would be to get the injection with no alcohol in your system. if you are not positive it would be to check with your doctor the night before.
