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Injecting insulin with a syringe
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Drawing insulin into a syringe to the correct dose with no air requires dexterity, concentration, good vision and a steady hand.
Here is a simple checklist:
- Check insulin is in date
- Clean bung with alcohol swab
- Attach needle to syringe if necessary
- Gently rotate bottle to mix cloudy insulins
- Hold vial upside down
- Draw up air and inject into the insulin vial
- Draw up insulin into syringe
- Clear air bubbles from syringe
- Check syringe contains correct insulin dose
- Inject insulin into fatty layer under skin
- Count to 10
- Withdraw needle
- Press on the hole – do not massage the site.
