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0.3-3mL

• Insulin-units (U-100): 1mL syringe
• **** Orange caps for Insulin

25-26

26-31: insulin syringes

5/8 = 45 degrees

1/2= 90 degrees

• *Upper arm outer posterior aspect
• * Anterior thigh
• *abdomen below the costal margins to the iliac crest
• or upper back and next to the scapula

45- 90 degrees

rotate sites bevel up for 45 degrees

if you can grasp 2 inch of tissue 90 degrees

if only 1 inch of tissue 45 degrees

Adult: 2-3 mL depending on the amount of meds

Child/Infant: .5-1 mL

Adult: 21 or 22

Child/Infant: 21-25 gauge

Adult: 1- 1 1/2 inch

Child/Infant: 1/2-1 inch

ventrogluteal &vastus lateralus preferred site for adults

Vastus lateralus infants up to 12 months

deltoid children 12 months and up

90 degrees

Z track

A normal well developed patient tolerates 3 mL of meds a larger volume of meds is unlikely to be absorbed properly

child older adults and thin clients tolerate only 2mL

up to 1 mL tuberculin

25-27 gauge

1/4 to 5/8 inch

Inner forearm upper back

5-15 degrees

bevel up