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Delivering Local Anesthetics

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Why is it critical to aspirate prior to depositing any anesthetic solution into a patient's tissues:

  1. to determine if the operator has reached the correct depth
  2. to verify that the operator isn't in a blood vessel prior to depositing the solution
  3. to verify that the operator isn't in connective tissue prior to depositing the solution
  4. it isn't critical to aspirate prior to depositing anesthetic solution