r/nursing • u/_neutral_person RN - ICU 🍕 • Jul 24 '22

Nursing Hacks Silent Knight Pill Crusher

It sucks at crushing pills. That is all.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '22

If you take one pill per Silent Knight sleeve and crush them, they do a somewhat passable job. I think the SK manufacturer made their product that way so you have to keep buying their fancy sleeves. Sort of like the glucometer manufacturers with their proprietary strips, or IV pump tubing, or razor blades, or hearing aid batteries.

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u/OrchidTostada RN - ICU 🍕 Jul 25 '22

I avoid using the sleeves as much as possible. Just crush the pill in the unit dose container.