Crap can I save this insulin?

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I freaking dropped the vial on the floor, ceramic tile floor :o the bottom if the vial broke but I immediately picked it up. I was able to draw up the 260 units left in it in syringes within a min. Can I keep this now or do I have to throw it out? I just freaking bought this bottle not long ago & here I'm about to go on maternity leave with no pay :sad: If I can keep it is there something else I can put it in? I'm not sure how accurately I can dose with 100 units in a syringe. Thanks for any help!!
 
Are you sure you didn't get any glass in it?

If yes, its better than nothing, but the syringes have lubricant in them that will mix into the insulin.
 
No there was no glass, it barely broke a smal piece off the bottom & the piece on the floor fit perfectly. We had a plastic sleeve over the top of it but it doesn't cover the very bottom of the bottle. I wonder if the lubricant will dilute or ruin it? I'm not sure what else I could put it in that would stay sterile & not expose it to anything else.
 
I found some sterile bottles on amazon so I ordered them expedited shipping. Hopefully it'll be ok until I get those bottles. I'll call the manufacturer tomorrow & ask. Thanks!
 
The lubricant might affect the potency and/or the length the insulin lasts. Only way to know for sure is if you see the numbers start going up without any reason. Good luck!
 
As a former nurse (Hospital and Nursing Home) I say no... do not use the insulin as you have no real way of knowing whether or not you got a microscopic piece of glass in the insulin or if any contaminants got into the vial no matter how quickly you got the vial off the floor. In the medical field there is no such thing as the 2 second rule for picking stuff (especially medications) off the floor and still administering them either by mouth or subq .
 
Given what Dani just posted, and recalling a drug abuser who tried to filter a disolved pill and injected it...and wound up with an infected abcess and becoming septic, I think you'll have to bite the bullet and buy more.
 
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