Safer injection guide: Difference between revisions
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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. | ||
# | #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 | #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. | ||