The areas for insulin injection include: the abdomen or belly, upper arms, the thighs and the buttocks.

Step 1 Wash your hands with soap and water and then dry them.

Step 2 If your insulin needs to be mixed, gently roll the bottle between your hands twenty times to mix evenly.

Step 5 Remove the needle cap from the syringe.

Step 6 Pull back the plunger to draw in an amount of air that is equal to your insulin dose.

Step 7

• Hold your insulin bottle on a flat surface and push the needle through the rubber on the top of the bottle
• Push the plunger to inject the air into the insulin bottle
• Leave the needle in the bottle. This helps to keep the right amount of pressure in the bottle and makes it easier to draw insulin into the syringe

Step 9

• Pull back the plunger to fill the syringe with just a little more than the insulin dose you need
• If you see bubbles, tap the barrel of the syringe to make them rise to the top
• Slowly push in the plunger just enough to push out the air and extra insulin

Step 1

• Clean your injection site with an alcohol wipe
• Use a circular motion to clean a spot about two inches wide

Step 2 Pinch a two-inch fold of skin in the cleaned injection spot.

Step 3 Hold the syringe like a pencil, and quickly insert the needle straight into your skin at a ninety-degree angle.

Step 4

• Push the plunger all the way down to inject the insulin into the fat tissue beneath your skin
• Slowly count to five before removing the needle to make sure you have injected all of the insulin

Step 5 Pull the needle straight out to remove it.

Step 6 Throw away the syringe into your sharps disposal container.