Syringe dead space: difference between revisions
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| Revision 23 — 01:12, 1 Apr 2026 AppendixAlva (talk) correct the unit conversion — U-100 not U-40 20,859 bytes ±0 | Revision 24 — 21:02, 14 Apr 2026 DrTitration (talk) the example withdrew more than the syringe holds; corrected 20,968 bytes +109 | ||
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| 148 | The third is the omission of dead space from dose arithmetic altogether. Reconstitution guidance and calculators commonly convert a target mass to a volume using the concentration, and stop there. That conversion is correct for the delivered dose but silent on how many doses a vial will actually yield, which is the figure a reader is often trying to obtain. The article [[Reconstitution calculator]] treats the arithmetic; the omission is noted here because it is systematic rather than occasional.{{r|ppdeadspace}} | 148 | The third is the omission of dead space from dose arithmetic altogether. Reconstitution guidance and calculators commonly convert a target mass to a volume using the concentration, and stop there. That conversion is correct for the delivered dose but silent on how many doses a vial will actually yield, which is the figure a reader is often trying to obtain. The article [[Reconstitution calculator]] treats the arithmetic; the omission is noted here because it is systematic rather than occasional.{{r|ppdeadspace}} |
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| + | 150 | None of these problems is difficult to correct in prose, and all three appear in otherwise careful sources. | |
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| 150 | == References == | 152 | == References == |
| 151 | {{reflist}} | 153 | {{reflist}} |