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Good morning! Just wondering if anyone has any techniques they can share for accurately measuring the 1/4 increments on the U100 syringes.
Have you seen the fine dosing sticky (link here) - there's an example of 0.25u if you scroll down. You can then apply the logic to 0.75, 1.25, 1.75, etc.
Do your syringes have 1/2 unit markings? I hope so! For 1/4 increments you'd aim to get the plunger in between the 1/2 unit marking and the unit marking...so for .75u, you want the plunger to be between the .5u and the 1u markings. I recommend you use a magnifying glass and strong light to see what you're doing. I use a 10x eye loupe to measure Butters's insulin doses.
Yes, our syringes do have half unit markers. However, unlike the syringe in the picture, the half unit hash marks on our syringes are offset which makes it difficult to eyeball. The magnifying glass may be the trick!
I prefer to use a backlight and hold the eye loupe over the syringe. I use a lightbox...some people use an IPad with an app that makes the screen all bright light. But bright overhead light would work well, too.
