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:::spoiler health question
lowkey if my vial recently got cored and i cant get another yet am i going to die bcs of accidentally injecting a bit of rubber into my thigh muscle a few days ago?
You're much more likely to get an infection if you use a cored vial. It's not because of the bits of rubber, but because the inside of the vial can't be kept sterile anymore.
It's not safe to use that vial anymore so you should replace it as soon as possible.
What's a cored vial?
To be clear, inject and draw like this, and don't rotate the needle while it's in.
Oh, am I not supposed to push it straight in? There's not much room to angle it even
Straight up and down generally for the vial
They say to angle for SQ injections so you inject just in SQ tissue - the needles are usually too long for SQ so you angle so it dumps into just SQ tissue (you can do really really angled if you want just skin but the only time thats needed is like allergy tests or mantoux tests). Straight up and down for IM/muscle so its in the belly of the muscle nice and good.
Straight in is fine, but if it's at any angle it should be like the one in the picture. Like any angle between straight in and about 45 degrees bevel up is no problem.
Coring a vial is when you accidentally punch a hole in the rubber stopper. It usually happens because of using too large of a needle or because of poor drawing technique (inserting the needle with the bevel down or rotating the needle while it's in).
Ohhhhhh um I need to redo my technique cause I think I've been coring most of the time, did not know this was a thing
Well improper technique doesn't always cause coring it's just more likely to happen.
You can test if a vial has been cored two ways. First, look closely to see if there are visible particles of rubber floating inside. Second, you can hold it upside down for a while and see if oil leaks through the stopper. If there's nothing floating inside and it doesn't leak then the vial is fine.
Oh ok