Injecting insulin through clothing?

There has been much discussion about the safety of injecting insulin through clothing. Some feel it is not very safe, while others do not want to be embarrassed publicly and show skin.

Glu.org conducted a survey to see how many people have actually injected insulin through clothing and 54% respondents or 198 people have admitted they have.

Here are the “Infection Prevention during Blood Glucose Monitoring and Insulin Administration” guidelines from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

There was only one scientific study “The Safety of Injecting Insulin Through Clothing” published in 1997 that considered this practice by researchers from Wayne State University in Detroit, published in the American Diabetes Association’s journal Diabetes Care. The results were that this practice was safe and convenient, but not recommended. There is some concern that the study was conducted 15 years ago.

Read article from Diabetes Mine

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