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6. Injecting the dose
6.1.
Choose an injection site in the area your doctor or nurse has told you to give the injection. To minimize
skin irritation, select a different injection site each day.
6.2.
Clean the skin by wiping with an alcohol swab.
6.3.
Verify once more that the Dose Feedback Window displays the
correct dose.
6.4.
Inject the dose as you were trained to do by your doctor or nurse.
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Slowly push the needle into the skin entirely (1).
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Press the dose knob down as far as it will go
and hold it
to complete the full injection.
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Hold the dose knob down for a minimum of 5 seconds to
ensure you inject the full dose (2). The larger the dose, the
longer it will take to inject.
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The dose number shown in the Dose Feedback Window will
turn back to 0.
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After a minimum of 5 seconds, pull the needle out of the
skin while keeping the dose setting knob pressed down (3).
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Release the dose setting knob.
Warning:
Always make sure to use a new needle for each
injection.
Injection area
Push the needle
into the skin
