09/05/2025
Types of injections:
• Intravenous: Intravenous route means "within the vein." It usually refers to giving medications or fluids via a needle or tube inserted into a vein.
• Intramuscular: This is the most common way of injecting medication directly into a patient. For rapid absorption of the medicine, this is a very convenient process because the medicine from this injection is inserted directly into the muscle. IM route are the best and the safest way of injecting medication into a patient.
• Subcutaneous: Subcutaneous injection is a useful, safe and convenient method of getting a medication into the body. “Subcutaneous” means under the skin. When perform a subcutaneous injection, use a short needle to inject a drug into the tissue layer between the skin and the muscle.
• Intradermal : It involves the injection of the fluids into the top layer of the skin, which is soft and pliable. Mainly used for treating certain health problems ,including tuberculosis and many allergies.The liquid medicine is inserted as an intradermal injection, which will lie just under the skin surface in between the layers of skin.Very tiny needle inserts the fluid properly under the surface of the skin.
