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Intersection · Devices × subcutaneous injection

Devices topics tagged subcutaneous injection

Topics in Devices carrying the tag subcutaneous injection. Technique, angle, pinch and depth.

29 topics

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Revisiting: Drawing from a pen cartridge with a syringe: how the risk profile changes
Revisiting: Drawing from a pen cartridge with a syringe: how the risk profile changes Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have read the maintained page on this…
IDRSNG 2 18k 6h
Fixed versus detachable needles: the trade-offs — does this still hold?
Fixed versus detachable needles: the trade-offs — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. A question about technique rather than about…
CVFHKRZSUC+8 12 39k 15h
Why a pen's dose steps are fixed and what that costs you
The question in the title: Why a pen's dose steps are fixed and what that costs you I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. I have read the maintained page on this and I still have…
EMBVIABDNK 4 2.5k 23h
Reading U-100 graduations, with a conversion table
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Reading U-100 graduations, with a conversion table Everything below is what sits behind that. Practical question with the units stated, because I have seen how…
YERDKFKVKP+35 41 2k 1d
0.3 mL versus 0.5 mL versus 1 mL barrels: resolution matters
0.3 mL versus 0.5 mL versus 1 mL barrels: resolution matters — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Practical question with the units stated, because I have seen how quickly…
KABVRCTAK+104 114 6k 6d
Reading a syringe in poor light, and how to avoid needing to — what changed since
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Reading a syringe in poor light, and how to avoid needing to — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that. I have read the maintained page on this…
FSCILDCDHA+3 7 27k 27d
Reading U-100 graduations, with a conversion table — what changed since
Reading U-100 graduations, with a conversion table — what changed since Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Practical question with the units stated, because I…
MBPOCO 2 10k 2mo
[2026 update] 0.3 mL versus 0.5 mL versus 1 mL barrels: resolution matters
On the subject in the title: 0.3 mL versus 0.5 mL versus 1 mL barrels: resolution matters Working notes rather than a conclusion. Practical question with the units stated, because I have seen how quickly…
MKBPNHAAV+108 124 27k 2mo
Reading U-100 graduations, with a conversion table — one year on
Reading U-100 graduations, with a conversion table — one year on Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Practical question with the units stated, because I have…
AICDSBGHNN+3 7 662 4mo
Dead volume across syringe and needle combinations
On the subject in the title: Dead volume across syringe and needle combinations Working notes rather than a conclusion. Practical question with the units stated, because I have seen how quickly these go wrong…
ECCOFWWNJF+72 80 28k 5mo
Filter needles: when they help and what they cost you
On the subject in the title: Filter needles: when they help and what they cost you Working notes rather than a conclusion. A question about technique rather than about dose. I have been doing the same thing…
FWSFECRMTT+45 50 19k 5mo
Coming back to: Pen dose counters: what a click does and does not guarantee
Pen dose counters: what a click does and does not guarantee — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A question about technique rather than about dose. I have been doing the same…
GLEAICLPK 4 105 5mo
A pen that felt like it delivered nothing: diagnosing it afterwards
On the subject in the title: A pen that felt like it delivered nothing: diagnosing it afterwards Working notes rather than a conclusion. A question about technique rather than about dose. I have been doing…
AZFWDSRFOO+35 39 584 6mo
Pen mechanics when the cartridge is nearly empty — does this still hold?
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Pen mechanics when the cartridge is nearly empty — does this still hold? Practical question with the units stated, because I have seen how quickly…
YASKJNAKRJ+37 47 61k 6mo
Gauge and length selection for subcutaneous injection
Gauge and length selection for subcutaneous injection Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Practical question with the units stated, because I have seen how…
NVARNSOBHM+50 55 1.3k 8mo
Pen dose counters: what a click does and does not guarantee
On the subject in the title: Pen dose counters: what a click does and does not guarantee Working notes rather than a conclusion. I have read the maintained page on this and I still have a gap, so I am asking…
PNERBAKED+116 122 1.6k 8mo
Needle changes between doses on a reusable pen
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Needle changes between doses on a reusable pen Everything below is what sits behind that. I have read the maintained page on this and I still have a gap, so I am…
KMKKLSKAW+34 38 1.5k 10mo
Why a pen's dose steps are fixed and what that costs you — one year on
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Why a pen's dose steps are fixed and what that costs you — one year on I have read the maintained page on this and I still have a gap, so I am…
VSAKNVPNNC+30 34 2.9k 11mo
Revisiting: Filter needles: when they help and what they cost you
Revisiting: Filter needles: when they help and what they cost you — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A question about technique rather than about dose. I have been doing the…
ANJVALGVTT+48 52 6.6k 11mo
A ten-fold dose error caught before injection — one year on
On the subject in the title: A ten-fold dose error caught before injection — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. A question about technique rather than about dose. I have been doing the same…
IKOLGEAR+151 157 9.4k 12mo
Second pass at: Pen dose counters: what a click does and does not guarantee
Second pass at: Pen dose counters: what a click does and does not guarantee — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A question about technique rather than about dose. I have been…
LPOVMDNNKP+63 68 51k 13mo
Second pass at: Gauge and length selection for subcutaneous injection
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Second pass at: Gauge and length selection for subcutaneous injection Everything below is what sits behind that. A question about technique rather than about dose.…
LPDCMSFFL+50 58 14k 15mo
Storing a pen in use versus a pen unopened — what changed since
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Storing a pen in use versus a pen unopened — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that. I have read the maintained page on this and I still have…
EFDWMD 2 206 15mo
Second pass at: A pen that felt like it delivered nothing: diagnosing it afterwards
Second pass at: A pen that felt like it delivered nothing: diagnosing it afterwards — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A question about technique rather than about dose. I…
FSRNOAKAEK+9 13 829 18mo
Fixed versus detachable needles: the trade-offs
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Fixed versus detachable needles: the trade-offs Everything below is what sits behind that. I have read the maintained page on this and I still have a gap, so I am…
HNAVPWSMRD+117 121 7.3k 18mo
Follow-up: Dead volume across syringe and needle combinations
Dead volume across syringe and needle combinations — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Practical question with the units stated, because I have seen how quickly these go…
STNESVSSYA+81 98 22k 18mo
Drawing from a pen cartridge with a syringe: how the risk profile changes
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Drawing from a pen cartridge with a syringe: how the risk profile changes Everything below is what sits behind that. I have read the maintained page on this and I…
IDWSR 2 159 19mo
Priming a pen and whether the primed volume is wasted — one year on
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Priming a pen and whether the primed volume is wasted — one year on Everything below is what sits behind that. Practical question with the units stated, because I…
EPPSAAAWKR+3 7 5.4k 22mo
Pen mechanics when the cartridge is nearly empty
Pen mechanics when the cartridge is nearly empty — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A question about technique rather than about dose. I have been doing the same thing for…
SKSGDV 2 661 22mo