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Avoiding Insulin Errors

Errors in handling and administering insulin can be easy to make—especially if you use more than one kind of insulin to manage your diabetes. Here are some tips to help ensure your safety when using insulin products.

1. Know your insulin.

There are many insulin products on the market today. Although some animal-based insulins are still available, most of today’s products are "human" insulins, which are made in laboratories to resemble the insulin produced by the human body.

For each type of insulin you use, you need to know:

• its brand . . . [Full Text of this Article]

3. Store safely.

4. Ask before mixing.

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