Incorporating insulin into your daily life can take some getting used to. From packing your on-the-go bag to prepping your syringe or insulin pen, here are tips to get you started.

The prefilled FlexTouch injection pen was designed to make injections simpler. But if you’re used to vials or prefer pulling up an insulin dose manually, you may want to use the vial form.

A warning for people who use insulin pens: Not shaking your NPH insulin pen before injecting can result in wide variations in your insulin level and blood sugar control, researchers from Italy report.

Study design. This prospective, randomized, controlled, parallel-group study compared the use of pen devices with conventional vials and syringes for the administration of insulin in hospitalized ...

A new survey, published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, examined insulin pen use in the inpatient setting. Insulin pens can offer several advantages, but there have ...

MIT wireless sensor Most patients usually administer their medication, which can range from swallowing pills to injecting insulin. But they do not always get it right, as noted by Vereityinfo.

• Insulin pens must be clearly labeled with the patient/resident’s name or other identifiers to verify that the correct pen is used on the correct patient/resident; and • Healthcare facilities should ...

The Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for an innovative smart pen cap system to help those with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes better manage their insulin dosage. This is huge ...