insulin injection : How to inject insulin ?

Insulin injection :

Insulin is injected under the skin. The child can do the injection by himself  or his parents if he is too young. Insulin injection requires insulin pens, insulin cartridges and needles or insulin syringes and vials of insulin or an insulin pump.

It is important to regularly check the expiry date stated on the label insulin, and not to keep a bottle, a cartridge or started more than a month pen.

Be sure to keep the vials, cartridges or insulin pens unopened in the refrigerator in the vegetable drawer or the top of the door. And keep the vials, cartridges or pens started outside of the refrigerator, away from heat (no more than 25 °) and the sun.

We must know how to distinguish the fast action of insulin, which appear clear, the long-acting insulin: NPH appears troubled, slow analogues that appear clear.

Before injecting insulin "troubles", turn the bottle several times or pen to make smooth.

Insulin pen :

The pen makes insulin injection more simple then syringe . Insulin is available at all times in a cartridge or in a disposable pen. Refillable pens used with appropriate cartridges pen to select insulin ½, 1 or 2 unit (s). Disposable pens, ready to use, to select insulin by 1 or 2 unit (s).

                

For injection, requires special needles that are adapted to the pen. Needles of different lengths are available. The pen and the most appropriate needles are selected with the doctor.

How to prepare the insulin pen

There are various models of pens, cartridges and needles. We must therefore refer to the instruction manual of each. Generally, the cartridge is installed in the pen. Disposable pens are ready to use.

To install the needle on the pen

The sterile package is opened by removing the needle of the paper cover;

The needle is screwed fully onto the pen, without removing it from its packaging;

The package is removed, but the cap is left on the needle until the injection