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{{Safer injection guide-basic procedure}}
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#Hold the syringe in the dominant hand and grasp and pinch the skin where one will administer the SC injection.
#Hold the syringe in the dominant hand and grasp and pinch the skin where one will administer the SC injection.
#Inject the hypodermic needle into the skin and slightly pull the plunger back. No blood should enter the syringe barrel to ensure that you are in subcutaneous tissue.
#Insert the hypodermic needle into the skin and slightly pull the plunger back. No blood should enter the syringe barrel to ensure that you are in subcutaneous tissue.
#Slowly inject the substance into the subcutaneous (skin) tissue.
#Slowly inject the substance into the subcutaneous tissue.
#Remove the hypodermic needle at the same angle that it entered and re-wipe the injection site with an alcohol wipe.
#Remove the hypodermic needle at the same angle that it entered and re-wipe the injection site with an alcohol wipe.