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Intersection · Devices × subcutaneous injection

Devices topics tagged subcutaneous injection

Topics in Devices carrying the tag subcutaneous injection. Technique, angle, pinch and depth.

29 topics

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Revisiting: Drawing from a pen cartridge with a syringe: how the risk profile changes
Revisiting: Drawing from a pen cartridge with a syringe: how the risk profile changes Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Question about a metering device rather…
IDRSNG 2 18k 6h
Fixed versus detachable needles: the trade-offs — does this still hold?
Fixed versus detachable needles: the trade-offs — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Working notes on Fixed versus detachable…
CVFHKRZSUC+8 12 39k 15h
Why a pen's dose steps are fixed and what that costs you
The question in the title: Why a pen's dose steps are fixed and what that costs you I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. A question about a device rather than about a compound,…
EMBVIABDNK 4 2.5k 23h
Reading U-100 graduations, with a conversion table
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Reading U-100 graduations, with a conversion table Everything below is what sits behind that. A question about reading U-100 graduations that I think has a definite…
YERDKFKVKP+35 41 2k 1d
0.3 mL versus 0.5 mL versus 1 mL barrels: resolution matters
0.3 mL versus 0.5 mL versus 1 mL barrels: resolution matters — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A follow-up question about 0.3 ml versus 0.5 ml that I did not know to ask…
KABVRCTAK+104 114 6k 6d
Reading a syringe in poor light, and how to avoid needing to — what changed since
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Reading a syringe in poor light, and how to avoid needing to — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that. What changes if the standard account of…
FSCILDCDHA+3 7 27k 27d
Reading U-100 graduations, with a conversion table — what changed since
Reading U-100 graduations, with a conversion table — what changed since Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. What changes if the standard account of Reading U-100…
MBPOCO 2 10k 2mo
[2026 update] 0.3 mL versus 0.5 mL versus 1 mL barrels: resolution matters
On the subject in the title: 0.3 mL versus 0.5 mL versus 1 mL barrels: resolution matters Working notes rather than a conclusion. A follow-up question about 0.3 ml versus 0.5 ml that I did not know to ask the…
MKBPNHAAV+108 124 27k 2mo
Reading U-100 graduations, with a conversion table — one year on
Reading U-100 graduations, with a conversion table — one year on Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I would like to disagree carefully with the settled view on…
AICDSBGHNN+3 7 662 4mo
Dead volume across syringe and needle combinations
On the subject in the title: Dead volume across syringe and needle combinations Working notes rather than a conclusion. Something about dead volume across syringe does not reconcile and I would like a second…
ECCOFWWNJF+72 80 28k 5mo
Filter needles: when they help and what they cost you
On the subject in the title: Filter needles: when they help and what they cost you Working notes rather than a conclusion. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on filter needles, before collecting…
FWSFECRMTT+45 50 19k 5mo
Coming back to: Pen dose counters: what a click does and does not guarantee
Pen dose counters: what a click does and does not guarantee — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Reading back through what has been written here about Pen dose counters, three…
GLEAICLPK 4 105 5mo
A pen that felt like it delivered nothing: diagnosing it afterwards
On the subject in the title: A pen that felt like it delivered nothing: diagnosing it afterwards Working notes rather than a conclusion. Question about a metering device rather than about a syringe, because…
AZFWDSRFOO+35 39 584 6mo
Pen mechanics when the cartridge is nearly empty — does this still hold?
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Pen mechanics when the cartridge is nearly empty — does this still hold? Pen mechanics — I have the observation and I do not trust my…
YASKJNAKRJ+37 47 61k 6mo
Gauge and length selection for subcutaneous injection
Gauge and length selection for subcutaneous injection Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A follow-up question about gauge and length selection that I did not…
NVARNSOBHM+50 55 1.3k 8mo
Pen dose counters: what a click does and does not guarantee
On the subject in the title: Pen dose counters: what a click does and does not guarantee Working notes rather than a conclusion. Pen dose counters — I have the observation and I do not trust my interpretation…
PNERBAKED+116 122 1.6k 8mo
Needle changes between doses on a reusable pen
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Needle changes between doses on a reusable pen Everything below is what sits behind that. The question about needle changes between doses that I actually want…
KMKKLSKAW+34 38 1.5k 10mo
Why a pen's dose steps are fixed and what that costs you — one year on
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Why a pen's dose steps are fixed and what that costs you — one year on Question about a metering device rather than about a syringe, because the…
VSAKNVPNNC+30 34 2.9k 11mo
Revisiting: Filter needles: when they help and what they cost you
Revisiting: Filter needles: when they help and what they cost you — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on Filter needles,…
ANJVALGVTT+48 52 6.6k 11mo
A ten-fold dose error caught before injection — one year on
On the subject in the title: A ten-fold dose error caught before injection — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. Two things I would like separated before anyone answers on ten-fold dose error…
IKOLGEAR+151 157 9.4k 12mo
Second pass at: Pen dose counters: what a click does and does not guarantee
Second pass at: Pen dose counters: what a click does and does not guarantee — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Two things I would like separated before anyone answers on Pen…
LPOVMDNNKP+63 68 51k 13mo
Second pass at: Gauge and length selection for subcutaneous injection
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Second pass at: Gauge and length selection for subcutaneous injection Everything below is what sits behind that. The question about Gauge and length selection that…
LPDCMSFFL+50 58 14k 15mo
Storing a pen in use versus a pen unopened — what changed since
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Storing a pen in use versus a pen unopened — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that. What changes if the standard account of Storing a pen is…
EFDWMD 2 206 15mo
Second pass at: A pen that felt like it delivered nothing: diagnosing it afterwards
Second pass at: A pen that felt like it delivered nothing: diagnosing it afterwards — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Question about a metering device rather than about a…
FSRNOAKAEK+9 13 829 18mo
Fixed versus detachable needles: the trade-offs
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Fixed versus detachable needles: the trade-offs Everything below is what sits behind that. I was wrong about fixed versus detachable needles in a thread last spring…
HNAVPWSMRD+117 121 7.3k 18mo
Follow-up: Dead volume across syringe and needle combinations
Dead volume across syringe and needle combinations — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A follow-up question about Dead volume across syringe that I did not know to ask the…
STNESVSSYA+81 98 22k 18mo
Drawing from a pen cartridge with a syringe: how the risk profile changes
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Drawing from a pen cartridge with a syringe: how the risk profile changes Everything below is what sits behind that. Question about a metering device rather than…
IDWSR 2 159 19mo
Priming a pen and whether the primed volume is wasted — one year on
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Priming a pen and whether the primed volume is wasted — one year on Everything below is what sits behind that. I would like to disagree carefully with the settled…
EPPSAAAWKR+3 7 5.4k 22mo
Pen mechanics when the cartridge is nearly empty
Pen mechanics when the cartridge is nearly empty — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on pen mechanics, before collecting any.…
SKSGDV 2 661 22mo