Forum for injection technique and therapy expert recommendations, India: The Indian recommendations for best practice in insulin injection technique, 2017

• Main Authors: Nikhil Tandon, Sanjay Kalra, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Manash P Baruah, Manoj Chadha, Hemraj B Chandalia, K M Prasanna Kumar, S V Madhu, Ambrish Mithal, Rakesh Sahay, Rishi Shukla, Annamalai Sundaram, Ambika G Unnikrishnan, Banshi Saboo, Vandita Gupta, Subhankar Chowdhury, Jothydev Kesavadev, Subhash K Wangnoo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
• Subjects: Forum for Injection Technique; Forum for Injection Technique and Therapy Expert Recommendations; injection technique; insulin; lipohypertrophy; persons with diabetes
• Online Access: http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2017;volume=21;issue=4;spage=600;epage=617;aulast=Tandon

Health-care professionals in India frequently manage injection or infusion therapies in persons with diabetes (PWD). Patients taking insulin should know the importance of proper needle size, correct injection process, complication avoidance, and all other aspects of injection technique from the first visit onward. To assist health-care practitioners in their clinical practice, Forum for Injection Technique and Therapy Expert Recommendations, India, has updated the practical advice and made it more comprehensive evidence-based best practice information. Adherence to these updated recommendations, learning, and translating them into clinical practice should lead to effective therapies, improved outcomes, and lower costs for PWD.