#injection-technique 2025-01-22

Wednesday16 messages6 participantstimes are UTC

Highlights from this day

deadspace — follow up do not reuse pins. it is not about sterility so much as the tip being blunt after one pass 21:51
madrid_mg — sorry to jump in how many sites are in your rotation 21:55
still_here_2024 — while im here let the alcohol dry. that is ninety percent of "my injections sting", someone check my working 22:05
VialBot — Archive lookup: still_here_2024 first appears in this channel on 2024-09-20. 22:11

coming back after 25 months, has the pinned technique guide changed

follow up do not reuse pins. it is not about sterility so much as the tip being blunt after one pass

🧪14🙏15

thats a reaction

sorry to jump in how many sites are in your rotation

wk1 L abdo upper   wk5 L thigh outer
wk2 R abdo upper   wk6 R thigh outer
wk3 L abdo lower   wk7 L arm back
wk4 R abdo lower   wk8 R arm back

👀1

fresh pin

do not aspirate for a subcutaneous injection, there is nothing to aspirate for

while im here let the alcohol dry. that is ninety percent of "my injections sting", someone check my working

small bubble is fine

push slow

Archive lookup: still_here_2024 first appears in this channel on 2024-09-20.

31G 8mm for everything. i tried the 12.7mm once and never went back

let it dry

90 degrees works fine if you have the tissue for it. 45 if you do not, i think

45 degrees

🤝9🙏4

i mark the rotation in a notes app because the marks fade and i lost track twice

warming the vial in your hand for a minute is the cheapest comfort improvement there is