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Instructions for Subcutaneous Self Injection
What to Have Ready:
Vial (bottle) of medication
Sterile disposable syringe and needle
(30 gauge, 5/16 inch)
Alcohol swab or cotton ball
Preparing for your Injection:
Wash your hands with soap and water.
Gather all the items you need
and take them to a clean table or
flat surface.
Cover area with a paper
towel.
Check the medication name
Check the amount (dose & volume) of medication
to be taken.
Filling the Syringe
1. Clean the rubber stopper of
vial with an alcohol swab.
2. Unwrap the needle
and syringe and join
them together
tightly, if they are not
already attached.
3. Put air into the syringe by
pulling down on the plunger of
the syringe to the amount of
medication to be taken.
4. With the vial upright, put the
needle into the rubber stopper
and inject air into the vial.
5. Turn the vial upside
down. Use your fingers
to support the vial
and syringe.
6. Pull back the plunger
to beyond the prescribed
dose level. Make sure the end
of the needle is in the liquid.
7. “Flick” syringe to remove
air bubbles with your
fingers or a pen. Bubbles
are harmless, but will give
you less medication.
8. Move the plunger to the
prescribed dose level on
the syringe.
9. Turn vial upright and
remove needle.
10. Rest syringe on the needle cap.
Preparing for your Injection:
Wash your hands with soap and water.
Gather all the items you need
and take them to a clean table or
flat surface.
Cover area with a paper
towel.
Check the medication name
Check the amount (dose & volume) of medication
to be taken.
Filling the Syringe
1. Clean the rubber stopper of
vial with an alcohol swab.
2. Unwrap the needle
and syringe and join
them together
tightly, if they are not
already attached.
3. Put air into the syringe by
pulling down on the plunger of
the syringe to the amount of
medication to be taken.
4. With the vial upright, put the
needle into the rubber stopper
and inject air into the vial.
5. Turn the vial upside
down. Use your fingers
to support the vial
and syringe.
6. Pull back the plunger
to beyond the prescribed
dose level. Make sure the end
of the needle is in the liquid.
7. “Flick” syringe to remove
air bubbles with your
fingers or a pen. Bubbles
are harmless, but will give
you less medication.
8. Move the plunger to the
prescribed dose level on
the syringe.
9. Turn vial upright and
remove needle.
10. Rest syringe on the needle cap.
Cleaning the Injection Site
1. Wash the area with soap
and water or alcohol swab.
Allow the skin to dry.
2. Place the alcohol swab
or cotton ball on a clean
surface to use again when
withdrawing the needle
Self-Injection
1. Pick up the syringe.
2. Pinch your skin and fat
tissue with your non-
dominant (weaker) hand.
3. Hold the syringe in your
dominant (stronger) hand,
as if holding a pencil, one
inch above the injection
site at a 90 degree angle
to the skin. (If you are very
lean, hold syringe at a 45
degree angle to the skin.)
Quickly dart (stab) the
needle through the
skin into the fat tissue.
4. Use your non-dominant
(weaker) hand to slowly
push down on the plunger
to inject the medication.