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What are some techniques that you could use subcutaneous injection?

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What are some techniques that you could use subcutaneous injection?

Subcutaneous injections can be given straight in at a 90 degree angle or at a 45 degree angle. Give the injection at a 90 degree angle if you can grasp 2 inches of skin between your thumb and first finger. If you can grasp only 1 inch of skin, give the injection at a 45 degree angle.

How do you give a subcutaneous injection step by step?

In general:

  1. Take your thumb and index (pointer) finger and pinch the skin.
  2. Remove any safety device from the needle.
  3. While keeping the skin pinched, slowly push the plunger on the syringe to push the medication into your subcutaneous tissue.

How do you give a painless deltoid injection?

Giving an IM injection into the deltoid site

  1. Find the knobbly top of the arm (acromion process)
  2. The top border of an inverted triangle is two finger widths down from the acromion process.
  3. Stretch the skin and then bunch up the muscle.
  4. Insert the needle at a right angle to the skin in the centre of the inverted triangle.

What happens if you give a subcutaneous injection intramuscularly?

Subcutaneous injections can lead to localised cellulitis, granuloma formation and abscess. The COVID-19 vaccine has shown to have high efficacy if given correctly intramuscularly. Subcutaneous injection can happen inadvertently (figure 1), affecting efficacy of vaccination and potentiate local adverse events.

Where is the injection site of the deltoid?

Use anatomical landmarks to determine the injection site In adults, the midpoint of the deltoid is about 2 inches (or 2 to 3 fingers’ breadth) below the acromion process (bony prominence) and above the armpit in the middle of the upper arm

How is the injection site of vastus lateralis identified?

Vastus lateralis injection site on the anterolateral thigh in Identifying the injection site) deltoid muscle (see Figure. Anatomical markers used to identify the deltoid injection site in Identifying the injection site) Immunisation providers should be familiar with the landmarks used to identify anatomical sites used for vaccination.

Where is the midpoint of the deltoid in adults?

In adults, the midpoint of the deltoid is about 2 inches (or 2 to 3 fingers’ breadth) below the acromion process (bony prominence) and above the armpit in the middle of the upper arm

Where is the injection site in the thigh?

The choice of injection site mainly depends on the person’s age. anterolateral thigh (see Figure. Anatomical markers used to identify the vastus lateralis injection site on the anterolateral thigh and Figure. Vastus lateralis injection site on the anterolateral thigh in Identifying the injection site) deltoid muscle (see Figure.