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Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water.
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Wipe the vial top with alcohol wipe.
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Hold vial upside down, and use other hand to insert syringe needle into vial. Make sure needle is fully inserted and there are no air bubbles in syringe.
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Slowly pull back the plunger to draw the prescribed amount of medication. Reference markings on side of syringe.
Additional Tips:
Don’t touch needle or let it come in contact with anything before injection.
Store your medication vial in the refrigerator between 36°F to 46°F.
Inject on same day each week, any time of day, with or without food.
How to Administer:
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Use alcohol wipe to clean the injection site (side or back of upper arm, abdomen, or front of thigh). Allow skin to dry for 60 seconds. Don’t touch area.
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Use dominant hand to hold syringe, with your finger on plunger. In other hand, gently pinch fold of skin between fingers.
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Hold syringe at 45° angle and quickly insert needle into pinched skin. Slowly push plunger down until all medication is injected. Keep needle still while injecting.
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Slowly remove the needle at same angle as insertion. If blood appears at the injection site, press lightly with a gauze pad or cotton ball.
Additional Tips:
After injection, carefully recap the needle and throw into the trash or dispose into designated medical sharps container or heavy plastic jug with screw top such as a discarded detergent bottle.
Medical Sharps Container
Detergents Bottle
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