Preventing Bilateral Injuries in SQ Injections

When you're giving a subcutaneous (SQ) injection, you might want to "ditch the pinch," says a researcher from Orvis School of Nursing, University of Nevada in Reno. Many health care workers are taught to give SQ injections by pinching a fold of skin to isolate the subcutaneous tissue. But the needle sometimes goes right through the patient's skin and into the health care worker's skin, potentially transmitting blood-borne pathogens to either—or both—people.