II. Indications: Medications
III. Technique
- Administered beneath Dermis and Epidermis
- Locations (typical Insulin injection sites)
- Needle Sizes
- Length: 1/2 to 5/8 inch (regardless of age)
- Needle gauge
- Insulin: 28 to 32 gauge
- Other aqueous medications: 22 to 25 gauge
- Thick solutions: 21 to 23 gauge
- Technique: General
- Prep area (e.g. Alcohol swab)
- "Pinch an inch" of skin
- Inject at 45 to 90 degrees
- Technique: Insulin needles
- Typically shorter (4 to 5 mm long)
- Avoid pinching skin
- Inject at 90 degrees
- Reducing injection pain
- Allow medication dose to warm to room Temperature before infection
- Apply ice to the skin area for 10 min prior to injection
- Biologic Agents may have additional strategies for reducing injection site pain
IV. Precautions
- Rotate injection sites (risk of Lipodystrophy with frequent repeat use)
- Patients should dispose of needles in sharps container (NOT the trash)
- Avoid rubbing injection area after injection
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Definition (HL7V3.0) | <p>Injection, subcutaneous</p> |
Definition (MSH) | Forceful administration under the skin of liquid medication, nutrient, or other fluid through a hollow needle piercing the skin. |
Concepts | Functional Concept (T169) |
MSH | D007279 |
SnomedCT | 180265002, 180251004, 32282008 |
HL7 | SQ |
LNC | LA11366-4 |
English | Injection, Subcutaneous, Injections, Subcutaneous, Subcutaneous Injection, Subcutaneous injection NOS, INJECT SUBCUTANEOUS, SUBCUTANEOUS INJECT, injections subcutaneous, subcutaneous injections, injection subcutaneous, subcutaneous injection, Subcutaneous injection NOS (procedure), Injection, subcutaneous, Subcutaneous injection, SC - Subcutaneous injection, Subcutaneous injection (procedure), Subcutaneous Injections |
Swedish | Injektioner, subkutana |
Czech | injekce subkutánní |
Finnish | Ihonalaiset injektiot |
Russian | IN"EKTSII PODKOZHNYE, VPRYSKIVANIIA PODKOZHNYE, ВПРЫСКИВАНИЯ ПОДКОЖНЫЕ, ИНЪЕКЦИИ ПОДКОЖНЫЕ |
French | Injections sous-cutanées |
Polish | Wstrzyknięcia podskórne |
Japanese | 皮下注射, 皮下注(注射), 注射-皮下 |
Norwegian | Subkutane injeksjoner, Injeksjoner, subkutane |
Spanish | inyección subcutánea, SAI (procedimiento), inyección subcutánea, SAI, inyección subcutánea (procedimiento), inyección subcutánea, Inyecciones Subcutáneas |
German | Injektionen, subkutane, Subkutane Injektionen |
Italian | Iniezioni sottocutanee |
Dutch | Injectie, subcutane, Injecties, subcutane, Subcutane injectie |
Portuguese | Injeções Subcutâneas |
Ontology: Subcutaneous Route of Drug Administration (C1522438)
Definition (HL7V3.0) | <p>Subcutaneous</p> |
Definition (HL7V3.0) | <p>Subcutaneous</p> |
Definition (SCTSPA) | Vía de administración que se inicia en el tejido subcutáneo |
Definition (SNOMEDCT_US) | A route that begins in subcutaneous tissue. |
Definition (NCI) | Drug administration beneath the skin. It provides for relatively slow, sustained release of the drug. The rate of absorption into the blood is perfusion-limited, proportional to the amount of drug at the site and can be enhanced by chemical or physical stimulation of blood flow. Subcutaneous administration minimizes the risks associated with intravascular injection: for subcutaneous infusions, external and implantable pumps are used. |
Definition (NCI_CDISC) | Administration beneath the skin; hypodermic. Synonymous with the term SUBDERMAL. (FDA) |
Definition (CSP) | forceful introduction of a drug into the area beneath the skin for therapeutic or experimental purposes. |
Concepts | Functional Concept (T169) |
SnomedCT | 34206005 |
HL7 | _SubcutaneousRoute, 2.16.840.1.113883.1.11.17339, SC |
LNC | LP35002-2, LA9451-1 |
English | SubcutaneousRoute, Subcutaneous, Subcutaneous Route of Administration, SC - Subcutaneous route, subcutaneous drug administration, SC, Subdermal Route of Administration, SUBCUTANEOUS, Subcutaneous route, Subcutaneous route (qualifier value), Subcutaneous use, SC route, SC use, Subcutaneous Route of Drug Administration |
Spanish | vía subcutánea (calificador), vía de administración subcutánea, vía de administración en el tejido subcutáneo (calificador), vía subcutánea, vía de administración en el tejido subcutáneo, vía SC |