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Administering a Subcutaneous Injection
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Administering a Subcutaneous Injection
Key Steps — Subcutaneous injection
- Verify the medication order, and check the patient's identity and allergies.
- Perform hand hygiene, then draw up the medication and check the dose.
- Choose the site — commonly the abdomen, the outer upper arm or the front of the thigh — rotating sites as the care plan directs, and inspect the skin.
- Clean the site with an antiseptic swab and let it dry.
- Pinch a fold of skin and the tissue beneath it between your thumb and fingers.
- Insert the needle at the angle taught for the medication and device, commonly 45 or 90 degrees.
- Inject the medication steadily.
- Withdraw the needle and dispose of it immediately in a sharps container.
- Document the medication, dose, site and time.
Download the printable Key Steps checklist (PDF)
Steps summarise this demonstration for education. Always follow your institution's protocol. More Medication Administration skills →
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