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Injection Force Variability: An Overlooked Aspect of Proper Insulin Injection Technique

Injection Force Variability: An Overlooked Aspect of Proper Insulin Injection Technique c c CAPSUL CAPSULES ES || CLINICAL MA CLINICAL MATTERS TTERS Injection Force Variability: An Overlooked Aspect of Proper Insulin Injection Technique ALEX KHZOUZ, PHARMD and expert recommendations support the use of short needles (ie, 4-mm pen needles and 6-mm MICHAEL RICKSON, PHARMD insulin syringes) for insulin administration to reduce RAY SIERADZAN, PHARMD the risk of intramuscular injections. However, JENNIFER GOLDMAN, PHARMD, CDCES, BC-ADM, FCCP there is another aspect of proper insulin injection technique that has yet to be widely recognized by health care providers and diabetes care and education specialists, and that is injection force. Proper insulin injection technique has been Injection force is the force at which the hub demonstrated to be a crucial aspect of safe and of a pen needle is applied against the skin and effective insulin delivery and may improve clinical is transferred by the skin to underlying tissue outcomes for people with diabetes. Proper insulin during an injection. In past studies, significant injection technique encompasses some of the inter- and intrasubject variability of injection force following key areas of diabetes education: selecting a shorter needle, choice of injection site, proper injection site rotation, needle insertion technique (appropriate use of a skinfold and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ADCES in Practice SAGE

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© 2021 by the American Association of Diabetes Educators
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2633-559X
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c c CAPSUL CAPSULES ES || CLINICAL MA CLINICAL MATTERS TTERS Injection Force Variability: An Overlooked Aspect of Proper Insulin Injection Technique ALEX KHZOUZ, PHARMD and expert recommendations support the use of short needles (ie, 4-mm pen needles and 6-mm MICHAEL RICKSON, PHARMD insulin syringes) for insulin administration to reduce RAY SIERADZAN, PHARMD the risk of intramuscular injections. However, JENNIFER GOLDMAN, PHARMD, CDCES, BC-ADM, FCCP there is another aspect of proper insulin injection technique that has yet to be widely recognized by health care providers and diabetes care and education specialists, and that is injection force. Proper insulin injection technique has been Injection force is the force at which the hub demonstrated to be a crucial aspect of safe and of a pen needle is applied against the skin and effective insulin delivery and may improve clinical is transferred by the skin to underlying tissue outcomes for people with diabetes. Proper insulin during an injection. In past studies, significant injection technique encompasses some of the inter- and intrasubject variability of injection force following key areas of diabetes education: selecting a shorter needle, choice of injection site, proper injection site rotation, needle insertion technique (appropriate use of a skinfold and

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ADCES in Practice – SAGE

Published: Mar 1, 2021

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