This column provides an overview of restraint in psittacine birds and administration of subcutaneous ... Appropriate needle sizes for i.m. injections are 30, 27 and 25 gauge for small, medium ...

The LifeSite subcutaneous access ... antibiotic prophylaxis. This injection of 70% IPA is performed before and after each dialysis session. Because the 25-gauge needle does not open the internal ...

High viscosity solutions, however, pose new challenges both at the technical level—for example, with respect to needle size and the force needed to administer the injection—and at the patient ...

A 14-gauge needle in the valve to check the draw and return of blood and to flush with a heparinized saline solution prior to fixing the unit in the subcutaneous pocket. Cannulation of the valve ...