20ABOUT BDChris Maguire, Marketing Manager at Becton Dickinson, introduces the company.
Beckton, Dickinson and
Company - is a
global medical
technology company
improving medical discovery,
diagnostics and care delivery.
Formed in 1897, the
company has built its knowledge
and experience to provide
innovative solutions that help
advance medical research and
genomics, enhance the diagnosis
of infectious disease and cancer,
improve medication management,
promote infection prevention, equip
surgical and interventional
procedures and support diabetes
management.
BD has been involved in diabetes
management for nearly a century.
For more than 90 years, we have
been innovating devices - pen
needles, insulin syringes and other
products - all diligently designed to
enable people who are living with
diabetes to benefit from
comfortable, effective diabetes care.
More recently, it's gone beyond
designing syringes and needles into
researching topics, like how is it
best to inject? As a result, we have a
new initiative called BD and Me. This
is an online educational resource
covering everything anyone would
need to know about injecting. The
simple, clear modules cover a range
of topics, from delivering insulin
to the right place to using the right
needle, and how different insulins
work - as well as how to store it
and how to care for injecting sites.
There's also a troubleshooting
section - why bruising? Why pain?
As well as a section on dealing
with the unexpected. Of course, BD
doesn't suggest that you should be
going it alone, giving tips too on
how to work with your healthcare
team to design your own tailored
lifelong learning plan. With bright
graphics, it's an easy-to-access
programme suitable for anyone
who's injecting medications.
Access BD and Me via a code found
on boxes of BD Micro-Fine Ultra Pen
Needles. www.bdandme.bd.com
BD
ANY QUESTIONS?
An online educational resource - BD
and Me - has been set up for
anyone who wants to learn about
that diabetes basic, injecting. You
probably don't think that much
about your technique, but with this
series of simple, clear modules,
you can test your knowledge and
challenge yourself to complete the
course. You never know, you might
learn something!
There's a range of topics covered
(who knew there could be so
many?). So, from delivering insulin
to the right place, to using the right
Here are some frequently asked
questions to give an idea of what
concerns other people with
diabetes often raise:
Do I need to use a swab on my skin
before I inject?
What size needle should I use?
Skin should be clean and dry before
injecting, however there is no need
to use a disinfectant (eg, alcohol
swab) on the skin.
The 4mm pen needle
inserted perpendicularly (at 90
degrees) is long enough to
penetrate the skin and enter the
subcutaneous tissue, with little risk
of intramuscular (or intradermal)
injection. Therefore, the 4mm
pen needle should be considered
the safest for adults and children
regardless of age, gender and Body
Mass Index (BMI).
needle, as well as how different
insulins work in your body are all
explored, as well as how to store it
and how to care for injecting sites.
Plus dealing with the unexpected.
As a means of education, you can
track your progress in
completing the modules. But nor
does BD suggest that you should
be going it alone, giving tips too on
how to work with your healthcare
team to design your own tailored
lifelong learning plan.
With bright graphics, it's an easyto-access
programme suitable for
anyone who's injecting medications.
www.bdandme.bd.com
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