Dispensing SQ doses in syringes with needles attached

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Harriet Kusi
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Dispensing SQ doses in syringes with needles attached

Does any institution dispense medications for subcutaneous administration from the pharmacy to the nursing unit in syringes with needles attached? If so, do you have literature that supports this? We are trying to address some occurrences associated with wrong route administration, specifically with SQ routes and would like to standardize our practice across all of our satellite pharmacies to address this issue. All IV/SQ doses dispensed from our pharmacies that specialize in adult care are sent in luer-lock syringes without needles. However our pediatric pharmacy dispense SQ doses in syringes with safetyglide needles attached to the nursing units.

I am curious to find out the practices at other institutions and any literature to support for/against this practice.

Thank you

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