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Parenteral |
Administration elsewhere in the body than the mouth and alimentary canal |
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Examples of parenteral |
Subcutaneous Intramuscular Intravenous Intracardiac Intraperitoneal Intrapleural Intra articular Epidural |
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Subcutaneous injection |
Drug action approximately 30-45 minutes |
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Intramuscular injection |
Anterior quadriceps Lumbodorsal muscle Triceps Avoid gluteals and hamstrings as risk of damage to sciatic nerve Drug onset is 20-30 mins |
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Intravenous injection |
Cephalic vein Jugular vein Saphenous vein Onset is 0-2 mins Apply pressure for minimum 30 seconds |
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Sharp disposal |
Yellow ‘sharps’ container |
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Syringes and bottles containing medicine residue |
Rigid container - not colour specific ‘Doop’ bin |
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Cytotoxic drug disposal |
Amongst the most dangerous - purple lid containers |
