Importance of clean injection sites

[TBU]

70% is good. Any prep pad you buy at Walgreens/CVS etc is 70% buy eye makeup remover pads and 70 or 90 if you’d like. Both work the same and eye pads work great. Or a cotton ball.

 

[Musclehead]

My best injections are always after a hot shower. I pin slow , I don’t quick jab. And I always put my vials on a candle warmer 10min before.

 

[Dirtnasty]

I do this minus warm vials. Never issues the only time I had an issue was i warmed vial too much the time I tried

 

[NeuroRN]

Seeing a lot of newer faces in the recent weeks. Gonna bump this for the new guys.

 

[Dmomuchole]

Good idea brother.
Rotate and definitely know the appropriate location to inject, watch out for veins and nerves.

 

[Fred]

Good post - very informative. I am going to admit some ignorance here. I was not aware of the importance of letting the site dry. However, I am quite fastidious when it comes to wiping everything down (including myself) with clean cotton balls and isopropyl. I think I am lucky that I just move slow!

 

[NeuroRN]

The drying action of the alcohol is what actually cleans whatever you wipe down. So slow and steady wins everytime.

 

[Poppy]

Yeah and it’ll prevent you from running the wet alcohol into your azz or wherever… burn baby burn.

Don’t ask how I know this

 

[NeuroRN]

Shit burns. Every time I get onto a nurse for not waiting long enough and say it burns like a mofo they all stare at me.

One time I tried to claim diabetes… don’t think it worked.

 

[Poppy]

tried to claim diabetes

Blahahaha

I use it all the time with wife for everything I forget/mess up. I claim diabetic discrimination. Hahaha

 

[NeuroRN]

claim diabetic discrimination

Don’t make this mainstream. All my patients will start using it.

 

[Poppy]

Hahaha

 

[Poppy]

This is very true.

The company that hired me after retirement had me fill out the usual mountain of paperwork and the disability section where as I might need special accommodations for my work place… listed diabetes as a disability. I was on the phone with hr and inquired. She said they have to ask that.

The only thing I required from her was to please set the donuts in another room. Hahaha jokingly of course.

 

[Dmomuchole]

The only thing I required from her was to please set the donuts in another room.

Lol

 

[Dirtnasty]

I like to wipe let it dry for sanitary then wipe
Again to get the burn

 

[Poppy]

You’re crazy hahaha