Injection site infection-hospitalised

[kelih]

Hello everyone,

Hope everybody is having a good day (better than me atleast).

I have been pinning test several time per week for a good year now, always in the ventroglute. About a week ago the right side got sore the next day, didn't think nothing of it, after a few days it started gettin swollen, no redness tho so I wasn't that worried but yesterday I got a big fever so I went to the ER. Turns out the spot got infected about an inch deep and had a huge amount of puss inside, doctor cut it open and now im lying in the hospital getting antibiotics ect.

The question is, what do you think the problem was here, dirty gear or was the fault on my end.

I always pin in the morning after taking a shower, always use new needle and injection, also change needles when drawing/pinning. Now what I have not been doing which I know is wrong is wiping the vials and injection spot with alcohol before pinning, so do you think this is the reason or could it be the gear?

I have been using the same gear for months, newest batch is from a month ago. I never had any problems except soreness for a day or two sometimes, I have also been pinning the same vial for a week after the soreness started into the left side and the left side was totally fine. Should I throw away the open vials? Should I throw away the whole batch? I have quiet a few vials in stock because I bought for the whole cycle.

 

[adrenalytic]

Now what I have not been doing which I know is wrong is wiping the vials and injection spot with alcohol before pinning, so do you think this is the reason or could it be the gear?

If I were a betting man, my money would go on this based on what you've said.

Bacteria on the stopper and bacteria on your skin can easily find it's way onto the needle tip if you fail to kill it with alcohol. Proper injection sterility and technique is crucial in this game. Lesson learned I hope.

 

[wells14]

Now what I have not been doing which I know is wrong is wiping the vials and injection spot with alcohol before pinning,

Bro

 

[Elektrobot]

not been doing which I know is wrong is wiping the vials and injection spot with alcohol

Create a aseptic practice for yourself and follow it

I have a little alcohol pump dispenser and a plastic holder full of cotton rounds on my counter. It takes 5 seconds to grab a cotton round, pump it on the dispenser, and wipe the vial and my skin

Use 70% isopropyl alcohol. The higher concentrations aren't good for sterilization. They don't "wet" the surface and evaporate to fast.


Link: Alcohol dispenser

Link: Cotton Rounds

 

[Cob]

Hello everyone,

Hope everybody is having a good day (better than me atleast).

I have been pinning test several time per week for a good year now, always in the ventroglute. About a week ago the right side got sore the next day, didn't think nothing of it, after a few days it started gettin swollen, no redness tho so I wasn't that worried but yesterday I got a big fever so I went to the ER. Turns out the spot got infected about an inch deep and had a huge amount of puss inside, doctor cut it open and now im lying in the hospital getting antibiotics ect.

The question is, what do you think the problem was here, dirty gear or was the fault on my end.

I always pin in the morning after taking a shower, always use new needle and injection, also change needles when drawing/pinning. Now what I have not been doing which I know is wrong is wiping the vials and injection spot with alcohol before pinning, so do you think this is the reason or could it be the gear?

I have been using the same gear for months, newest batch is from a month ago. I never had any problems except soreness for a day or two sometimes, I have also been pinning the same vial for a week after the soreness started into the left side and the left side was totally fine. Should I throw away the open vials? Should I throw away the whole batch? I have quiet a few vials in stock because I bought for the whole cycle.

If you have already injected from that vial and nothing happened then its not the gear. The infection came from outside the body and vial. You wont be able to pinpoint it. I have been injecting without using alcohol to wipe the vials or my skin for 15+ years...not a single infection. Thats not saying it cant happen. Infections in hospitals that sterilize everything still happen and happen alot. All you can do moving forward is do your best to keep things sterile.