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PROCEDURE CHECKLIST

Chapter 23: Preparing and Drawing Up Medications from Vials

Check (9) Yes or No

PROCEDURE STEPS Yes No COMMENTS


1. Prepares and administers medications according to
“Medication Guidelines: Steps to Follow for All
Medications.”
2. Maintains sterility during all steps.
3. Recaps needles throughout, using a needle capping
device or approved one-handed technique that has a low
risk of contaminating the sterile needle (see Procedure
Checklist Chapter 23: Recapping Needles Using One-
Handed Technique).
4. Mixes solution in vial, if needed, by gently rolling
between hands.
5. If using a multi-dose vial, places it on flat work surface
and thoroughly cleans rubber top of vial with alcohol prep
pad.
a. Uncaps needle without touching needle tip or shaft;
places needle cap on a clean surface or holds open side
out between two fingers of nondominant hand.
b. Or if using a vial access device, attaches the device
to the syringe and removes the cap, maintaining
sterility.
6. Draws air into the syringe equal to the amount of
medication to be withdrawn.
7. Maintaining sterility, inserts needle or vial access
cannula into vial without coring (or uses a filter needle):
a. Places the tip of the needle or vial access cannula in
the middle of the rubber top of the vial with the bevel
up at a 45°–60° angle.
b. While pushing the needle or vial cannula device into
the rubber top, gradually brings the needle upright to a
90° angle.
8. With bevel of the needle above the fluid line, injects the
air in the syringe into the air in the vial, not into the fluid.
9. Inverts vial, keeps needle or vial access device in the
medication, and slowly withdraws medication.
10. Keeping needle or vial access device in vial, expels air
bubbles from syringe back into the vial.
a. Carefully stabilizes the vial and syringe and firmly
taps the syringe below the air bubbles.
b. When the air bubbles are at the hub of the syringe,
makes sure the syringe is vertical, and pushes the air

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back into the vial.
c. Withdraws additional medication if necessary to
obtain the correct dose.
11. When the dose is correct, withdraws needle or vial
access device from vial at a 90° angle.
12. Holds syringe upright at eye level when checking and
rechecking medication dose.
13. If using a filter needle, draws 0.2 mL of air into the
syringe, measures medication, and ejects air., as directed in
Procedure Checklist 23-7.
14. Recaps needle or injection cannula using needle
recapping device or an approved one-handed method.
15. If administering an irritating medication or if a vial
access device or filter needle was used to draw up
medication, changes the needle prior to administration.
16. If needle must be changed, follows these steps:
a. Holds syringe vertically and draws 0.2 mL of air
into the syringe. Holds at eye level and re-checks
measured dose.
b. Removes filter (or other) needle and reattaches the
“saved” (or other sterile) needle for administration
c. Measures exact medication dose. Holds syringe
vertically to expel all the air.
d. If necessary to eject medication after ejecting air,
tips the syringe horizontal to do so.
17. Disposes of vial and filter needle(s) in a sharps
container.

Recommendation: Pass ______ Needs more practice ______

Student: Date:

Instructor: Date:

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