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| 65 | '''Dead space.''' Volume retained in the syringe hub and needle after the plunger is fully depressed is not delivered. Reported figures range from roughly 0.02 mL for a low-dead-space insulin syringe with a fixed needle to 0.07 mL or more for a detachable-needle arrangement.{{r|whodeadspace}} Against a 0.10 mL dose that is a 20–70% loss if the syringe is not primed, which is why the dead-space field exists: entering a figure shows its effect on the number of doses the vial yields, not on the delivered dose, since a primed syringe delivers its nominal volume. | 65 | '''Dead space.''' Volume retained in the syringe hub and needle after the plunger is fully depressed is not delivered. Reported figures range from roughly 0.02 mL for a low-dead-space insulin syringe with a fixed needle to 0.07 mL or more for a detachable-needle arrangement.{{r|whodeadspace}} Against a 0.10 mL dose that is a 20–70% loss if the syringe is not primed, which is why the dead-space field exists: entering a figure shows its effect on the number of doses the vial yields, not on the delivered dose, since a primed syringe delivers its nominal volume. |
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| + | 67 | {{figure|syringe|Graduations on a 1 mL U-100 barrel. The scale reads volume; the mass it corresponds to depends entirely on the concentration in the vial.}} | |
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| 67 | == References == | 69 | == References == |
| 68 | {{reflist}} | 70 | {{reflist}} |