Alcohol Swabs and Injections
When I was first diagnosed, I was taught to wipe the top of the insulin bottle with an alcohol swab. I don't use the swab on my skin before I inject. It recently occurred to me that maybe I should be doing this too. But old habits die hard. It's funny how you get stuck doing things the way the nurse taught you on that first day...
What do you guys do? Alcohol swab on the bottle or inject site, or none at all?
What do you guys do? Alcohol swab on the bottle or inject site, or none at all?
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Permalink Reply by Pat on -
Dave I don't make the rules or the protocols but if I want my to keep my job that I love I am required to follow them or lose my lively hood and join the ranks of the unemployed
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Permalink Reply by DARGIRL on -
I would always wipe with swab pen and skin. But the diabetic sights have corrupted me. Since I found that no one else is doing it. I stopped. And they were getting so darn expensive.
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Permalink Reply by Terry on -
As a 25-year insulin dependent diabetic I have poked myself with 10s of thousands of injections and finger sticks. I gave up on the isopropyl swab early on.
I did have one nasty infection, however, from an insulin pump infusion site that I inserted while in Costa Rica. I concluded from that experience that my infection was related to some bacteria from the tropics that my immune system was incapable of defending against. That incident did not motivate me to start using alcohol swabs again.
I think that washing your hands and injection site with warm soap and water is probably the best infection deterrent.
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Permalink Reply by Domo! on -
i honestly don't either. I find myself using the alcohol pads for emergency owies instead. I sometimes use neosporin with pain reliever or a alcohol pad with pain reliever after injecting when it stings a little.
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