How to administer your medication: CETROTIDE

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This video shows you, quickly and simply, how to prepare and administer

CETROTIDE.

It is important that you wash your hands carefully before beginning preparations and
that you remove the medication from the fridge about 5 minutes before administering
it.

• Remove the cap from the needle that is preloaded with water.
• Screw the larger sized needle onto the syringe.
• Remove the cap from the vial of powder and pierce the vial with the syringe, injecting in the liquid.
• Gently shake the vial to dissolve the medication.
• Tip the vial and draw all of the mix into the syringe.
• Remove any air by slowly pushing up the plunger.
• Replace the cap on the large needle and remove it.
• Replace the needle with the smaller subcutaneous needle.
• Perform the injection in your abdomen, at about 3 fingers to the right or left of your belly button.
• Once the injection is complete, carefully replace the cap on the needle and bring all used needles back to the clinic so that they can be deposited in special containers.