72 Where There Is No Doctor 2011
HOW TO PREPARE A SYRINGE FOR INJECTION
Before preparing a syringe, wash hands with soap and water.
1. Take the syringe apart
and boil it and the
needle for 20 minutes.
2. Pour out the boiled
water without touching
the syringe or the needle.
3. Put the needle and the syringe
together, touching only the base of the
needle and the button of the plunger.
4. Clean the ampule of distilled
water well, then break off the top.
5. Fill the syringe.
(Be careful that
the needle does
not touch the
outside of the
ampule.)
6. Rub the rubber of the
bottle with clean cloth
wet with alcohol or boiled
water.
7. Inject
the distilled
water into the
bottle with
the powdered
medicine.
8. Shake until the
medicine dissolves.
9. Fill the syringe
again.
10. Remove all air
from the
syringe.
Be very careful not to touch the needle with anything—not even
the cotton with alcohol. If by chance the needle touches your finger or
something else, boil it again.