Do you really need to aspirate??

[LATS60]

The majority of the med profession ( in the UK at least) don't aspirate when giving IM injections.
But the IM injections they are giving are not steroids in an oily vehicle.
It's the oil, that if injected into a vein may cause a pulminary micro embolism.
I know a nurse who gave multiple IM injections daily and in 16 years of aspirating only drew blood twice.
Even if you did aspirate blood it does not mean you are in a vein, it's more than likely you passed through a blood vessel and this has caused a small pool of blood in the muscle.
I have personally never aspirated and iv'e done hundreds of jabs.
But if you are injecting 4ml + of steroid it's probably best to aspirate.

[Matt]

The majority of the med profession ( in the UK at least) don't aspirate when giving IM injections.
But the IM injections they are giving are not steroids in an oily vehicle.
It's the oil, that if injected into a vein may cause a pulminary micro embolism.
I know a nurse who gave multiple IM injections daily and in 16 years of aspirating only drew blood twice.
Even if you did aspirate blood it does not mean you are in a vein, it's more than likely you passed through a blood vessel and this has caused a small pool of blood in the muscle.
I have personally never aspirated and iv'e done hundreds of jabs.
But if you are injecting 4ml + of steroid it's probably best to aspirate.

Same here, i used to but dont anymore...