I understand that an MA can not inject an anesthetic; how about simply "drawing up" lidocaine for a physician to inject?

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Yes, they can do that. A classmate did that on her externship,at a bone doctor.

Drawing up medications from a vial into a syringe is within the medical assistant's scope of practice.

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I actually did not know this. I draw up Lidocaine all the time for the Dr, but today I gave an antibiotic injection that had to be mixed with lidocaine instead of bacteriostatic saline...... did not know that was a no-no

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You must be referring to Rocephin. That's different than injecting lidocaine as an anesthetic for a derm procedure.

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I was told not even for Rocephin; starle water for Rocepin too

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How about injectiong Solumedrol per an MD's Orders.
Can an MA actually do this. I have been told that they cannot not inject any Mehylprednisone products and Solumedrol is just that.

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I don't think an MA can inject a steroid. Even FNPs have to have special training to inject steroids,

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