Insulin Injection Techniques

Wash your hand

Remove the plastic cap

Roll Insulin bottle between your hands. If you are taking cloudy insulin, roll the bottle between your hands until its uniformly cloudy. Remember, never shake a bottle of insulin.

Wipe the top of the insulin bottle with a BD alcohol swab.

Draw air into the syringe equal to the dose of insulin you wish to take.

Pierce the rubber stopper of the insulin vial in the middle at a 90 degree angle and push the air in. Avoid touching the metal rim on the bottle with the needle tip.

Holding the bottle upside down slowly and steadily draw the dose into the syringe.

Ready for the injection, place the syringe on the table carefull without letting the needle touch the surface.

Choose the injection area

Clean the injection area with an alcohol swap. Start in the middle of the area and then moving in a circular motion clean the whole area. To reduce any stinging, be sure that the alcohol on the skin is completly dry before you inject.

Next gently pinch up the area of the skin between your thumb and the index and the middle fingers. Push the needle through the skin at 90 degree angle. Slowly push the plunger into inject he insulin.

Retracting the needle. Count till five before pulling the needle out. Release the pinch up and press an alcohol swab over the injected spot. Do not massage the area.

Retracting the needle. Count till five before pulling the needle out. Release the pinch up and press an alcohol swab over the injected spot. Do not massage the area.

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