Accidentally opened BAC water vial - throw it away?

[Pin&Play]

So here I am with a noob question.

After months of pinning without issues, this morning I accidentally "broke" my BAC water vial (too much pressure and the rubber stopper popped off, stupid mistake).

I quickly reconstituted a few vials, thinking it was not a big deal.

Then I asked AI, it basically told me that even 1 second contact with open air carries high contamination risks, and now I have doubts:

1) When I purchased BPC from a clinic months ago, the doctor gave me saline water to recon. But that comes without a rubber protection. So by the same logic, I have been doing something way more dangerous (saline doesn't have alcohol) following my doctor's instructions once I opened it and kept my reconned vial in the fridge for a week.

2) It's a common practice to fill the syringe with air and inject it in the vial to equalize the pressure, to make it easier drawing the right amount of units. Aren't we all injecting dirty bacteria filled air this way, then?

 

[Jfrick11]

Honestly I wouldn’t worry about it unless the rubber stopper actually touched something or got contaminated. If it was just off for a second, you’re probably fine.... just wipe it well with alcohol before using. Subq injections already have a pretty low infection risk as long as you’re using clean technique.

That's my risk tolerance, yours may be different.

 

[woundcarping]

I see you’re in a different country, and availability can be different.

I pretty much only use Hospira. If I had a viral malfunction like this, I’d throw it away and open a new vial.

 

[DoctaDave]

I personally wouldn’t worry about it. It has alcohol built in already to stop microbial growth. As long as it’s clear and looks normal I’d use it until gone. I had a top pop off of an unconstituted vial once and I just mashed it back on and carried on as normal with Bac water. Figured even if some air born bug got swept in the alcohol would kill it.

But of course everyone is different and it’s at your own risk.

 

[RetCurious]

Filtering will remove most contaminates that could have entered or were already there.

You are filtering, right?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmz4241qPn4

 

[Pin&Play]

Filtering will remove most contaminates that could have entered or were already there.

You are filtering, right?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmz4241qPn4

I'll be honest, filtering is something I always heard about but never cared to look up because I thought it would be complicated or tedious...

but I saw the video and it's actually incredibly simple. Thank you for the link!

 

[Shinobu]

Filtering will remove most contaminates that could have entered or were already there.

You are filtering, right?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmz4241qPn4

my peptides came in and i was lurking to learn about filtering TYSM! cant wait to give this a shot

 

[tubby]

Man, the kids these days have gotten soft if they're asking questions like this!

 

[banditchewy]

Filtering will remove most contaminates that could have entered or were already there.

You are filtering, right?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmz4241qPn4

I didn't realize how straightforward filtering was either. This was a great video!

 

[RetCurious]

Man, the kids these days have gotten soft if they're asking questions like this!

Moving away from the days of pulling water from the gas station toilet is a good thing.

 

[Pin&Play]

Man, the kids these days have gotten soft if they're asking questions like this!

You're right I'm a modern kid, I didn't train my immune system by rolling in the mud when I was a teen like you guys!

 

[tubby]

You're right I'm a modern kid, I didn't train my immune system by rolling in the mud when I was a teen like you guys!

We were getting scrapes and bloody knees all the time and we didn't rub down the rocks and tree branches with alcohol pads to disinfect them before they cut into us.

Your generation is freaking out about brief atmospheric exposure of ultra-purified water (with an anti-bacterial agent already mixed into it).

We are not the same!

 

[Nopenada]

We were getting scrapes and bloody knees all the time and we didn't rub down the rocks and tree branches with alcohol pads to disinfect them before they cut into us.

Your generation is freaking out about brief atmospheric exposure of ultra-purified water (with an anti-bacterial agent already mixed into it).

We are not the same!

I’m of that era as well. In fairness, it never occurred to me that pinning is insignificant by comparison to a half day spent wild blackberry picking in the woods.