#injection-technique 2025-10-28

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swirl_not_shake — nobody here should be telling you where to inject. we can tell you what we do, someone check my working 18:53
swirl_not_shake — drawing up with the same pin you inject with is fine, it just dulls the tip slightly 19:07
reship_rita — right so do not reuse pins. it is not about sterility so much as the tip being blunt after one pass 19:47
swirl_not_shake — i changed nothing except letting the swab dry and the stinging stopped completely 20:26
reship_rita — i keep the sharps bin next to the fridge so the whole thing happens in one place 21:31

nobody here should be telling you where to inject. we can tell you what we do, someone check my working

do you pinch or stretch

mark it down

drawing up with the same pin you inject with is fine, it just dulls the tip slightly

small bubble is fine

not a problem

sharps bin

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

how many sites are in your rotation

anyone got a rotation map they would share

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

technique probably

pinch

i changed nothing except letting the swab dry and the stinging stopped completely

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let it dry

do you aspirate, or is that only an intramuscular thing

coming back after 10 months, has the pinned technique guide changed

i keep the sharps bin next to the fridge so the whole thing happens in one place