Are bubbles in an injection harmful?
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1. Counselling Conundrum: a real question from a patient
2. Concise Conclusion: a straight-forward patient-friendly answer
3. Quick Wrap-up
Clearly, there are nuances that may not be captured in this format. The goal here is to provide you with helpful counselling tips which often draw from multiple sources or those which are not commonly accessed by busy healthcare providers serving the community.
Counselling Conundrum: "I keep seeing bubbles in my Inclunox injection. Should I push them out?"
Concise Conclusion: Great question! In this case it's not worth risking that you push out some of the medicine, and bubbles only really pose a risk of harm if it's going into your veins, not below your skin, which is the case with your Inclunox.
Quick Wrap-up: Bubbles in a med that isn't IV is almost never a concern, though it is generally best practice to minimize bubbles if it's not a prefilled syringe.
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