do you use the insulin syringe for both drawing and injecting
#injection-technique 2025-05-29
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- food_noise_off — 90 degrees works fine if you have the tissue for it. 45 if you do not 20:31
- plus_sixteen — right so a fresh pin for the injection hurts less. whether thats worth the extra dead space is your call 21:06
- plus_sixteen — a small air bubble subcutaneously is not dangerous. it costs you dose accuracy, thats the reason to clear it 21:14
- customs_owl — unrelated but drawing up with the same pin you inject with is fine, it just dulls the tip slightly 21:17
- plus_sixteen — if you are getting a lot of bruising, look at how fast you are pushing before you blame the needle, i have it written down somewhere 21:35
never recap a used pin. that is how people stick themselves
90 degrees works fine if you have the tissue for it. 45 if you do not
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whats your sharps disposal setup, mine is a jar and i know thats wrong
right so a fresh pin for the injection hurts less. whether thats worth the extra dead space is your call
45 degrees
a small air bubble subcutaneously is not dangerous. it costs you dose accuracy, thats the reason to clear it
unrelated but drawing up with the same pin you inject with is fine, it just dulls the tip slightly
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how slowly should you actually push
if you are getting a lot of bruising, look at how fast you are pushing before you blame the needle, i have it written down somewhere