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Injecting insulin through clothing was safe and convenient

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.1.1.12

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    Fleming Dr,Jacober Sj, Vandenberg Ma , Et AL. The safety of injecting insulin through clothing. Diabetes Care 1997 Mar; 20 : 244 –7. OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text

    Objective

    To assess the safety and convenience of injecting insulin through clothing.

    Design

    20 week randomised cross over trial.

    Setting

    University hospital diabetes clinic in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

    Patients

    50 patients who had type I or type II diabetes and had been injecting insulin for ≥ 1 year. 42 patients (84%) (mean age 41 y, 50% women, 78% type I diabetes, 50% attended ≥ 16 y formal education) with a mean duration of diabetes of 14 years completed the study.

    Intervention

    Patients were allocated to a method of injecting insulin through clothing or to the conventional method in which the skin had to be wiped with alcohol and allowed to dry before injecting the insulin. …

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    Footnotes

    • Source of funding: not stated.

    • For article reprint: D R Fleming, Diabetes Program, 4201 St. Antoine, UHC-4H, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. Fax +1 313 993 0903.

    • Adapted from an abstract published in Evidence-Based Medicine 1997 Jul–Aug;2:116.