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22 topics 3 solved Group: Practice

22 topics

Topic	Participants	Replies	Views	Activity
Rotating between abdomen, thigh and upper arm: absorption differences — one year on Practice › Administration injection site reaction needle gauge & length aseptic technique injection site rotation Rotating between abdomen, thigh and upper arm: absorption differences — one year on — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I have read the maintained page on this and I still…	+82	102	24k	just now
Leak-back after withdrawal and whether you lost a meaningful dose Practice › Administration missed dose injection site reaction injection site rotation aseptic technique Posting this under the heading it deserves: Leak-back after withdrawal and whether you lost a meaningful dose Everything below is what sits behind that. Reporting something rather than asking about it, in…		2	3k	3h
A site rotation scheme that is easy enough to actually follow — a second dataset Practice › Administration subcutaneous injection needle gauge & length injection site rotation missed dose A site rotation scheme that is easy enough to actually follow — a second dataset Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Practical question with the units stated,…	+6	10	1.2k	7h
Completing a dose with a second syringe, and the dead-volume arithmetic Practice › Administration aseptic technique subcutaneous injection missed dose needle gauge & length Wiki Posting this under the heading it deserves: Completing a dose with a second syringe, and the dead-volume arithmetic Everything below is what sits behind that. I have read the maintained page on this and I…	+65	76	7.4k	1d
Angle of injection and whether 90 degrees is always right — the long version Practice › Administration injection site reaction needle gauge & length injection site rotation missed dose Pinned Angle of injection and whether 90 degrees is always right — the long version Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Reporting something rather than asking about it,…	+50	55	15k	2d
Pinch or no pinch, and how needle length changes the answer — the long version Practice › Administration injection site rotation injection site reaction missed dose aseptic technique On the subject in the title: Pinch or no pinch, and how needle length changes the answer — the long version Working notes rather than a conclusion. I have read the maintained page on this and I still have a…	+75	79	1.5k	1mo
Injecting into an area that has become firm: why not to Practice › Administration subcutaneous injection injection site rotation injection site reaction aseptic technique Solved Injecting into an area that has become firm: why not to Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Practical question with the units stated, because I have seen how…	+82	92	26k	1mo
Injection discomfort: needle gauge, volume, temperature, technique Practice › Administration subcutaneous injection injection site reaction needle gauge & length aseptic technique Injection discomfort: needle gauge, volume, temperature, technique — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Practical question with the units stated, because I have seen how…	+66	71	14k	2mo
Revisiting: Drawing up with one needle and injecting with another Practice › Administration subcutaneous injection injection site reaction needle gauge & length missed dose Revisiting: Drawing up with one needle and injecting with another Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Practical question with the units stated, because I have…	+76	83	1.1k	4mo
Angle of injection and whether 90 degrees is always right Practice › Administration aseptic technique missed dose injection site reaction On the subject in the title: Angle of injection and whether 90 degrees is always right Working notes rather than a conclusion. Reporting something rather than asking about it, in case the pattern is useful to…	+105	116	5.4k	4mo
Rotating between abdomen, thigh and upper arm: absorption differences Practice › Administration injection site reaction needle gauge & length missed dose aseptic technique On the subject in the title: Rotating between abdomen, thigh and upper arm: absorption differences Working notes rather than a conclusion. Reporting something rather than asking about it, in case the pattern…		2	3.5k	5mo
A genuinely late dose: what the labelling says and what people do Practice › Administration injection site rotation missed dose needle gauge & length injection site reaction On the subject in the title: A genuinely late dose: what the labelling says and what people do Working notes rather than a conclusion. Reporting something rather than asking about it, in case the pattern is…		2	18k	5mo
A partial dose because the pen emptied mid-injection Practice › Administration subcutaneous injection needle gauge & length injection site rotation missed dose Solved A partial dose because the pen emptied mid-injection Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Practical question with the units stated, because I have seen how…	+108	120	1.5k	7mo
Bleeding at the injection site: normal, and what to do about it Practice › Administration injection site reaction aseptic technique subcutaneous injection injection site rotation Solved Bleeding at the injection site: normal, and what to do about it — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A question about technique rather than about dose. I have been doing the…		3	59k	8mo
"Should I double up?" — answered once, at length, calmly Practice › Administration subcutaneous injection missed dose injection site reaction "Should I double up?" — answered once, at length, calmly — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Practical question with the units stated, because I have seen how quickly these…	+24	28	13k	9mo
Pinch or no pinch, and how needle length changes the answer Practice › Administration injection site reaction aseptic technique needle gauge & length missed dose Pinch or no pinch, and how needle length changes the answer Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have read the maintained page on this and I still have a gap,…	+118	126	11k	9mo
Injection discomfort: needle gauge, volume, temperature, technique — one year on Practice › Administration missed dose aseptic technique injection site rotation needle gauge & length Posting this under the heading it deserves: Injection discomfort: needle gauge, volume, temperature, technique — one year on Everything below is what sits behind that. Practical question with the units…		2	102	9mo
[2026 update] Cold solution and stinging: the simplest fix Practice › Administration subcutaneous injection needle gauge & length aseptic technique injection site reaction Cold solution and stinging: the simplest fix — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Reporting something rather than asking about it, in case the pattern is useful to anyone…	+6	10	496	11mo
Revisiting: Completing a dose with a second syringe, and the dead-volume arithmetic Practice › Administration subcutaneous injection aseptic technique needle gauge & length injection site reaction Closed Revisiting: Completing a dose with a second syringe, and the dead-volume arithmetic Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have read the maintained page on this…	+16	20	56k	12mo
Air bubbles in a subcutaneous injection: the honest risk assessment Practice › Administration subcutaneous injection injection site reaction injection site rotation Air bubbles in a subcutaneous injection: the honest risk assessment Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Reporting something rather than asking about it, in case…	+1	5	12k	21mo
Follow-up: A site rotation scheme that is easy enough to actually follow Practice › Administration subcutaneous injection injection site reaction injection site rotation aseptic technique A site rotation scheme that is easy enough to actually follow Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Practical question with the units stated, because I have seen…	+81	89	3.8k	22mo
Follow-up: A partial dose because the pen emptied mid-injection Practice › Administration injection site reaction subcutaneous injection injection site rotation aseptic technique Posting this under the heading it deserves: A partial dose because the pen emptied mid-injection Everything below is what sits behind that. I have read the maintained page on this and I still have a gap, so I…	+10	14	10k	23mo

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