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What is the dead-space loss per draw with a 31G needle at 6.67 mg/mL?

Asked 25 Oct 2024Modified 21 months agoViewed 8.6k times
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Details up front: a 31G needle · 6.67 mg/mL.

This should be a straightforward calculation and I keep getting two different answers.

The numbers are arbitrary; the method is what I am after.

What is the general form of this calculation?

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3Voting to keep this open — it is more specific than it first looks. – rhian_prydderch 8 months ago
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