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Siting the needle

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Choose the skin site for comfort where it is unlikely to be disturbed, eg on the abdomen or around the shoulder. Site the needle shallowly under the skin to the hilt, make a loop of line to go under the dressing to absorb pulls and fasten the butterfly and the loop of line to the skin with a transparent adhesive dressing such as Tegaderm.


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