Age
Gender
Residential area
Marital status
occupation
educational status
how do you get your insulin
duration of diabetes(in year)
duration of insuline therapy in yrear
diabetes type
Do healthcare professionals trained on how to administer insulin?
Are you trained during your first insulin prescription?
How were you instructed on how to administer insulin?
Did you demonstrate to the healthcare professional insulin administration technique during your first training?
When was the last time your insulin administration technique was assessed by a healthcare
Do you store your INSULIN in the refrigerator at home?
If NO to above, how do you store your INSULIN at home?
Where do you keep your INSULIN when you are travelling/away from home?
When was the last time your INSULIN storage method was last assessed?
Overall storage performance
How often do you check expiry date of the insulin vial or cartridge?
How often do you avoid extremes of cold or heat of insulin storage?
How often do you mix well cloudy (NPH) insulin prior to use?
How often would you discard if the insulin is discoloured?
Have you ever use clumpy/frosted insulin after it has been thawed?
How often do you inspect insulin before inject it?
Have you ever been labeled a newly opened vial and indicating the date of discarding:
Have you ever used opened (starting from stick a needle in the vial) insulin after 28 days?
How often do you remove insulin kept in the fridge and allowed to reach room temperature before injection?
Have you ever been injecting insulin through your clothing?
How often do you wipe the top of the bottle with Alcohol Swab
How often do you wash your hands and injection site before injection?
How often do you clean the injection site prior to injection?
Have you ever rotated the injection site?
If “Q13” is “yes” with what do you clean prior to injection?
If you rotate the injection site, why do you rotate (reason)?
Do you know that vials and cartridges of insulin not currently (unopened) being used should be stored in the refrigerator (2 to 8 degrees) or (traditional equivalent methods) until their date of expiry away from freezing coils or freezer?
Do you know that Vials and cartridges which are in current use (opened) should be kept at cool and dark places of room temperature (15-25ºC) or traditional equivalent methods?
Do you know that opened insulin should be discarded after 28 days of opening?
Do you know that in use cartridges should not be kept in the refrigerator?
Do you know that if using a vial, you should gently roll the vial between the palms of the hands and /or moving the insulin up and down 20 times?
Do you know that shaking or jarring can make insulin more likely to frost or clump?
Do you know that excess amount of insulin do not squirt back into the vial?
Do you know that insulin vials or cartridges should not kept in the glove box of a car?
Do you know that out dated (expired) insulin never be used?
Do you know that high temperatures/light/heat exposure can alter the effectiveness of insulin?
Do you know that cold insulin may sting and the action could be delayed?
Do you know that insulin should not be frozen?
Do you know that the distance to rotate on the same site is one thumb?
Do you know the suggested measures to avoid or minimize pain with injections?
Showed injection sites
Showed injection rotations
Showed how to shake NPH
Showed how to pinch (fold) skin and inject with (45o)
Showed how to draw insulin from the vial
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