How To Reconstitute Your Medication

Step 1: Wash your hands and gather your materials.

First, you want to thoroughly wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.

After that, collect and prep your materials. You’ll need your bacteriostatic water vial, medication vial, and your reconstitution syringe and needle.

Step 2: Prep your materials.

Remove the caps from your bacteriostatic water and medication vial.

Add the needle to your syringe, careful not to touch the needle with your fingers. Do not let the needle rest on any other surface or come into contact with anything – this can lead to contamination.

If you are planning to inject afterwards, place your second needle on its syringe (avoid touching the tip of the needle while doing so).

Step 3: Draw up your bacteriostatic water.

The amount of bacteriostatic water you add depends on the instructions on the box your vial came in.

The measurements on your syringe should be in milliliters (mL). Pull air into the syringe up to the required amount (example would be saying to use 6mL of BAC water so you would pull to the 6mL mark).

Hold the bacteriostatic water upside down and pierce the stopper with your needle.

Slowly inject air into the vial. If you feel any pressure, stop, and allow the syringe to adjust. Then

begin pressing the plunger again until all the air is out of the vial, and the bacteriostatic water has entered the syringe to the appropriate amount.

As always, avoid letting the needle come into contact with anything – this way you avoid contaminating your medication vial.

Step 4: Inject bacteriostatic water into lyophilized vial.

Pierce the stopper of the medication vial with the needle of your water-filled syringe.

Slowly push the bacteriostatic water into the vial. If you feel pressure, stop, and let it equalize

before moving forward. The plunger may push back upwards several times before you are finished.

Do not force the water into the medication vial; go slowly and carefully.

Step 5: Mix your medication.

Gently swirl the solution until the powder and the bacteriostatic water have fully combined.

Do not shake your medication or aggressively mix it. Once you’re finished, you should no longer see any powder in the medication vial.

Step 6: Inject your medication if desired.

If you’re ready to inject your medication, utilize your insulin syringe now.

To perform a subcutaneous injection please refer to the subq injection page.

Step 7: Store your medication.

After it’s reconstituted, immediately refrigerate your medication.

Prior to mixing, powdered medication can be kept at room temperature. But once you add the

bacteriostatic water, it should be kept in the fridge.

If you accidentally leave your medication out of the fridge, the medication is likely still fine to use, but please contact ELEO for directions if necessary.