Talk:Injection (medicine)

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 23 September 2019 and 13 December 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Mblyumin, Lchong133, Chenviv, KLReyes. Peer reviewers: Andrew.wong3, Sallyip, GrRivera, 139wiki914bryan.

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Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment

This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Mmt523, CLee1025, Jungykye, Georgerommel.

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Focus of last paragraph (sub cu.)

The last paragraph of the subcutaneous injection section is confusing as to how much of it is just insulin-injection related and how much not.

Intradermal

Intradermal injections are more superficial injections than subcutaneous and are useful for, for example, the Mantoux test for tuberculosis exposure. Myron 12:12, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Coughing?

Coughing during an injection might lessen the pain, but not by putting pressure on the spinal cord. Not only is this extremely untrue, increasing the spinal cord's pressure slightly wouldn't affect sensation that much. I think you'd need to show evidence that coughing even does increase the pressure in the spinal canal. coughing probably works by distracting the patient, but it might stuff up the injection by moving too much, if its too violent. I don't think wikipedia should advertise these sort of ideas, especially without any evidence.

Stomach?

Insulin injections are often given into the skin of the ventral abdomen (or "belly"). The "stomach" is an internal organ functionally located between esophagus and duodenum. Myron 12:15, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism?

"A sexual (naked woman - boobs) injection is..." er, what? This must be vandalism or something. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.208.154.159 (talk) 19:04, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Needs cleanup

As said to me:

it says that there are several types of injection, and then only lists two as major parts of the article.

the rest are out-linked

so subcutaneous is linked to, whereas intramuscular gets a summary and a "main article"

There's plenty of good information on the subject in wikipedia, but this article is just a mess. Asuffield (talk) 21:19, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

What's intraportal injection?

Intraportal injection is missing from the list in the introduction. Ywaz (talk) 11:33, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

I added it. Web search shows it to be injection into a portal circulation; all the results I saw indicated or implied hepatic portal circulation specifically. Quercus solaris (talk) 03:00, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Subcutaneous injection

Just like intramuscular injection section, subcutaneous injection section is needed. Will write about SC injection and what types of medications/vaccines are injected through this route. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jungykye (talk • contribs) 03:18, 18 October 2017 (UTC) Jungykye (talk) 03:22, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Intradermal Injections

Should include a more detail section on intradermal injections (one of the types on injections) just like the intramuscular injection. Will include details of the injection, how it's typically done, and the types of medication typically given Intradermally. Georgerommel (talk) 03:38, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Intravenous Injections

Should add a section on one the most common injection routes. Will include details and the relationship with street drug use. CLee1025 (talk) 05:45, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Clean-up Intramuscular Injection

The intramuscular section needs to be reorganized. Many is stated multiple times in only a few sentences. The information is not as clear as it could be. The statement about medical professionals giving shots should be moved to the top instead of in the intramuscular section. Mmt523 (talk) 06:45, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Remove Injections in Nature

This section does not fit the medical injection article. Mmt523 (talk) 06:45, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Subcutaneous injection

In an subcutaneous injection, the medication is delivered to the tissues between the skin and the muscle. Absorption of the medicine is slower than that of intramuscular injection. Since the needle does not need to reach the muscles, often a bigger gauge and shorter needle is used. Usual site of administration is fat tissues behind the arm. Certain intramuscular injection medicine such as Epipen can also be used subcutaneously. Insulin injection is a common type of subcutaneous injection medicine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jungykye (talk • contribs) 03:37, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Peer Review

The article's content is mainly medical and factual information about the different types of injections as well as injection safety. It covers good information about the topic and is presented in a neutral point of view. Sections suggested to be added were done so and were also presented in a neutral perspective. However, I do feel like the section on injection hygiene should be expanded on. I am also wondering why there is a "See also" section for other injections, and other injection safety topics and are not incorporated into this page?

Funnymacaroon098 (talk) 02:54, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

The points included are verifiable, not all of the secondary sources are freely accessible. This article is not accessible without a subscription Wolters: Usichenko, TI; Pavlovic D; Foellner S; Wendt M. (2004). "Reducing venipuncture pain by a cough trick: a randomized crossover volunteer study". Anesthesia and Analgesia. 98 (2): 343– The originally proposed edits were made by the individuals in the group --Ykhoshal (talk) 19:22, 16 November 2017 (UTC)YKhoshal--Ykhoshal (talk) 19:22, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

The format of the edits are consistent with Wikipedia's manual of style for medicine-related articles. Each author either uses previously written articles as sources or properly cited new sources that they've used. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Llzhao (talk • contribs) 02:45, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

There is no evidence of plagiarism or copyright violation. However, source 8 in the "Intradermal injection" section does not have a link to the online article. Consider adding a freely accessible link to this citation. Jenih (talk) 10:10, 15 November 2017 (UTC)Jenih (talk) 22:45, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

According to the group's proposed edits on the article's Talk page, the group reached their overall goal of improving the appropriate sections: Subcutaneous injection, Intradermal injections, Intravenous injections, and Injection hygiene. Section on Hypodermic injections in nature was removed accordingly. Rherra (talk) 08:45, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Final Edit based on Peer Review

Based on the peer review, I edited several things in the "Subcutaneous injection" section. First, I added vaccines that are given subcutaneously. Secondly, I decided to make my section more organized and easy to read. I tried not to include any medical terminology so everyone can read and get information easily. Lastly, I added proper citation. What I noticed that I did not really put proper citation for my first edit. So I properly cited some sources from CDC and Healthline. Jungykye (talk) 04:41, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

I expanded on the injection hygiene section as the peer reviewers suggested. --CLee1025 (talk) 11:46, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

CP133 2019 Group 8 proposed edits

128.218.43.201 (talk) 03:23, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
This article needs more citations, specifically regarding safety and needle disposal in sharps containers. -KLReyes (talk) 21:20, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
I definitely agree that this article needs more information about injection safety. These include points such as 1. Aseptic technique, 2. Avoiding using the same needle for multiple patients, and 3. Preference for single dose vials to reduce risk of infection. Sharps disposal container and sites may also be listed in this section, especially sharps take back programs as this is a common question among patients. Chenviv (talk) 23:23, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
I agree with the rest of my group. I think that the different types of injections can be categorized under one umbrella subject to limit the number of short headers/paragraphs. The injection safety can include a link to safe injection sites. 128.218.43.201 (talk) 00:24, 17 October 2019 (UTC)Lchong133 (talk) 16:19, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

An important aspect of injection safety is the rising prevalence of supervised injection sites. These sites not only provide clean needles to mitigate infection risk, they also provide a safe space with clinicians and life saving support if needed. In an event of an overdose a clinician would be able to administer life saving support including medications such as naloxone, an opioid antagonist, used as an antidote in opioid overdose situations. In 2018, the California State Assembly passed assembly bill 186 which would begin a three year pilot program in San Francisco which would launch California's first safe injection sites. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mblyumin (talk • contribs) 00:35, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Reorganized the headers to classify different types of injections under a header. Added headers to the injection safety section Lchong133 (talk) 20:00, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

References

CP133 2019 Group 7 Peer Review

I believe Group 8’s edits substantially improve the article under the ‘Guiding framework’ while meeting their overall goals for improvement. The edits added essential information that was missing about injections such as improvements to safety and injection hygiene and presented that information in a concise and neutral way. I like how the improvements to injection safety section was added because education and information about safe injection sites and safety can only be beneficial for everyone (maybe because our group is also supporting the safe injection site bill). I think one improvement for the ‘improvements to injection safety portion’ could be to make it more globally accessible and not talk only about a select US states. But other than that, the edits fit Wikipedia perfectly. I also like how citations and data were added to the text to help backup the information. - Is there evidence of plagiarism or copyright violation? No, after checking the sources, the wording and information was presented in the article in the Group's own words. There is no evidence of plagiarism or copyright violation. Andrew.wong3 (talk) 20:58, 6 November 2019 (UTC) AndrewWong

I agree with Andy that Group 8's edits improve the article through the incorporation of necessary information and through the change in wording that provide the information in a more concise and easy to understand flow. Their contribution of additional information on antiseptic technique and other hygienic practices with use and disposal is definitely knowledge that should be spread to the general public. I believe that their overall edits help to improve the article through the presentation of information made more coherent for the reader.

Are the points included verifiable with cited secondary sources that are freely available? Yes, the secondary sources that were cited are freely available. I was able to access the sources readily. Sallyip (talk) 00:23, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Group 8’s edits substantially improved the article per Wikipedia peer review “Guiding framework”. They added substantially to the injection safety section. The improvement to injection safety brought a new aspect to the article that highlights how society can potentially play an added role in promoting safe injections. I enjoyed the section on contamination and them highlighting the risk of Hep B, Hep C, and HIV with poor needle hygiene. Expanding this section even more to other contamination risks could prove beneficial to the article. The references added where appropriate and done correctly. The group has achieved its overall goals for improvement as described in their proposed edits section. Are the edits formatted consistent with Wikipedia’s manual of style? After reviewing the article, group 8’s edits formatted are consistent with Wikipedia’s manual of style. Their edits avoided unnecessary complex wording with appropriate grammar and formatting, are mostly consistent throughout the article, and are formatted in a concise precise manner which overall added to making the article easier to understand. In total, the edits were unbiased and clear. Under the Types of Injection section, an area of improvement could be to reformat the section. The first two words in the paragraph text (Intravenous injections, Intramuscular injection, Subcutaneous injection, Intradermal injection, depot injection) could either all be bolded, or all not bolded, or all as blue hyperlinks. This would make formatting even more consistent. 139wiki914bryan (talk) 15:20, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

I think group 8 did a great job providing information regarding safe injection sites and the benefits of creating these safe spaces, such as decreased infection rates. I liked that they added information regarding contamination, such as increased risk of Hep B, and proper hygiene. The information provided was presented in a neutral and unbiased way with accurate citations. An improvement I would maybe be to delete or include more information to the Infiltration category because it only has one sentence explaining what it is. Compared to the other injection categories, it's missing information. GrRivera (talk) 01:19, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

History of injections???

I came here looking for the history of injections, only to find nothing. Can someone add this?Lkingscott (talk) 13:16, 23 May 2022 (UTC)