Subcutaneous SQ injections. A SQ injection is the best way to give yourself certain medicines, including: Insulin Blood-thinners Fertility drugs.
Choose Your Injection Site. The best areas on your body to give yourself a SQ injection are: Upper arms. At least 3 inches 7. Outer side of upper thighs. Belly area. Below your ribs and above your hip bones, at least 2 inches 5 centimeters away from your belly button. Collect Your Supplies. DO NOT use the same needle and syringe more than once. If the wrapping or cap on the end of the syringe is broken or missing, discard it in your sharps container. Use a new needle and syringe. In addition to a syringe, you will need: 2 alcohol pads 2 or more clean gauze pads A sharps container.
Prepare Your Injection Site. The following steps should be followed: To help prevent infection, wash your hands with soap and running water for at least 1 minute. Thoroughly wash between your fingers and the backs, palms, and fingers of both hands.
Dry your hands with a clean paper towel. Clean your skin at the injection site with an alcohol pad. Start at the point you plan to inject and wipe in a circular motion away from the starting point. Let your skin air dry, or wipe it dry with a clean gauze pad. Prepare Your Syringe. The following steps should be followed when preparing your syringe: Hold the syringe like a pencil in the hand you write with, pointing the needle end up. Take the cover off the needle. Tap the syringe with your finger to move air bubbles to the top.
Carefully push the plunger up until the dark line of the plunger is even with the line of your correct dose. Inject the Medicine. The following steps should be followed when injecting the medicine: With the hand that is not holding the syringe, pinch an inch 2.
Quickly insert the needle all the way into the pinched skin at a degree angle degree angle if there is not much fatty tissue. Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. Many abbreviations on a prescription pertain to how often a person should take a medication, like before a meal, or the route of administration, like inhaled versus by mouth. The problem with medical abbreviations is that they can be misread or misunderstood by pharmacists, leading to a medication error, and this can be harmful to a patient.
According to JCAH, for the following abbreviations, healthcare providers must write the full word and not the abbreviation on any order or medication-related document that is handwritten including computer forms where there is free text or pre-printed forms. Below are just a few examples. In good practice, your healthcare provider should write out medical instructions fully on a prescription , including the medication name, frequency of intake, and route of administration—like ciprofloxacin mg by mouth once daily.
If you suspect an error on your prescription please notify your healthcare provider and pharmacist right away—even with the abbreviation guidelines, errors do occur. Trust your gut and your keen eye. You don't want to become a casualty of medical error. Sign up for our Health Tip of the Day newsletter, and receive daily tips that will help you live your healthiest life. Dyasanoor S, Urooge A. Insight into quality of prescription writing - an instituitional study.
J Clin Diagn Res. Weaver JM. It's time to throw out old-fashioned Latin abbreviations. Anesth Prog. Velo GP, Minuz P. Medication errors: prescribing faults and prescription errors. Br J Clin Pharmacol. Sokol DK, Hettige S. Poor handwriting remains a significant problem in medicine. J R Soc Med. Thompson CA. JCAHO issues 'do-not-use' list of dangerous abbreviations. Am J Health Syst Pharm.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices. List of error-prone abbreviations. October 2, Your Privacy Rights. To change or withdraw your consent choices for VerywellHealth.
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