PostCare™ Diabetes Center: Mixing Insulin
March 11th, 2009 by admin
http://www.PreOp.com Your doctor or diabetes educator may ask you to mix a short-acting or clear insulin with an intermediate or long acting cloudy insulin in the same syringe so that both can be given at the same time. * The only insulin that cannot be mixed is insulin glargine. * In this example, the doctor has asked you to mix 10 units of regular, clear, insulin with 15 units of NPH cloudy insulin, to a total combined dose of 25 units. * Always, draw “clear before cloudy” insulin into the …
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