How to draw up insulin
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Wash your hands with soap and water*.
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Remove cap from needle. (Never touch needle with your hands.) Pull plunger down to number of units of insulin needed (for example, 40 units). You are filling syringe with air.
Check bottle label to make sure it is the right insulin.
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Check expiration date. Do not use expired insulin or insulin that has been open for more than 30 days.
With plunger out, push needle into bottle. Then push plunger in. This injects air into bottle. (If you don’t inject air, a vacuum occurs, and insulin may be sucked out of the syringe.)
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Turn bottle up. Pull plunger back until syringe fills with correct dose of insulin (for example, 40 units).
Roll insulin between hands to mix well. (Cloudy insulin must be rolled to mix.)
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Wipe top of insulin bottle with alcohol.
Remove syringe from bottle. Check insulin in syringe for bubbles. If there are air bubbles, tap syringe until bubbles are all at the top. Push the plunger to get them out. (They won’t hurt you, but bubbles may keep you from getting the right dose of insulin.)
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Take syringe out of package and remove plastic from plunger.
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If needed, put needle back into bottle, and pull plunger to get the right amount of insulin.
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