Most of us recognize a syringe, which has a needle sticking out of a long plastic body. For many, it's a childhood fear they'll never forget! While you may have been afraid of injections in your early years, you may need to have syringes ready for your doctor's prescription as a teenager or adult. When you start a family of your own, you may need to provide needles for family members to treat illnesses. In this case, not only do you need to forget your past fears about this little medical device, but you also need to know how to use it. Most importantly, you need to know that not all syringes are created equal. There are different designs to meet different purposes. This article shall teach you how to choose the right syringe.

Here are the main points of the article:

How do you choose syringe?

How do you choose the right syringe according to its size?

How do you choose the right syringe according to its needle?

How do you choose syringe?

Select the syringe based on the prescribed dose and required pressure flow. They are marked with quantities in centimeters (milliliters) or milliliters (milliliters). The two measurements are equivalent in volume. One milliliter equals one milliliter. A lot of drugs require bigger syringes. You need a lower pressure flow and you need a larger dimension. The use of syringes for injection, with medical tube or irrigation is also a factor in syringe selection. One popular type is the u-100 insulin injector. This is a low-volume syringe that is commonly used for diabetes medication. This syringe is disposable, so it is a very low-cost syringe. In other words, you can choose a syringe according to the following four parts: the size of the syringe, the size of the needles, the length of the needle and the needle gauze.

How do you choose the right syringe according to its size?

Syringe sizes: Syringes are labeled according to how much liquid they can hold. There are two ways to measure syringe volume, milliliters or cubic centimeters, as stated above. If you are injecting medication at home, you need to make sure you choose a syringe that will give you the prescribed dose. For example, if you were to inject yourself with 3ml of a drug, you would want to use a syringe to inject exactly 3ml (or more). If you are using only 2cc syringes, you will have to inject yourself multiple times (which would be unnecessarily painful). On the other hand, if you're using a 15cc syringe, it's hard to see the cc mark and measure 3cc accurately. It's easy to give yourself too little or too much medication.

How do you choose the right syringe according to its needle?

Needle sizes: The label of the needle is different from that of the syringe. There will be a number on the package, then a "G", then another number. The first number before the letter G indicates the size of the needle. The larger the number, the thinner the needle. The second number represents the length of the needle, measured in inches.

Needle length: As for the length of the needle, the best choice will depend on the person's size (children need shorter needles than adults) and where the needle will be inserted. Some drugs can be absorbed on the surface (directly under the skin), while others need to be injected into the muscles. There are two main types of injections that can be used at home: subcutaneous injections, which go into subcutaneous adipose tissue. Because these injections are relatively shallow, the needles should be small and short, typically between 1/2 and 5 1/8 inches in length and between 25 and 30.6 in size, with intramuscular injections going directly into the muscle. Muscles are deeper than the subcutaneous layer of the skin, so needles used for intramuscular injections must be thicker and longer. An inch or one-and-a-half-inch needle is usually best at 20 or 22 grams. For these injections, you must consider the amount of body fat the needle passes through. A thin person may be able to use a needle an inch long, while a heavy person may need a needle an inch and a half long.

Needle gauze: If you need to inject yourself with a small amount of medication, it is usually less painful to use a thin, high needle than a wide, low needle. If your vein is smaller than normal, a thin needle is also necessary. For larger doses, a wider needle and a lower stitch length are usually better choices. Although it may be more painful, a wide, low gauge needle will provide a faster injection than a thin, high gauge needle.

From the points stated above, the right way to choose syringes is conveyed. We hope that you can choose the right syringe and use it to its fullest.