The male client who uses Humulin® insulin tells the nurse how he rotates the insulin injection sites. Which does the nurse include in client teaching about Humulin® insulin?
1. Rotating sites is not necessary with Humulin®.
2. Rotating sites is vital to prevent tissue damage.
3. Humulin® injections are given in the abdomen.
4. Humulin® absorption improves with site rotation.
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1 and 2. Rotating insulin injection sites is unnecessary when using Humulin® because it is a recombinant product of human origin; thus, Humulin® does not cause the im-munologic response of porcine or equine insulin that leads to lipodystrophy.
3. Humulin® is injected in any suitable injection site.
4. Absorption of Humulin® is stable at the same injection sites.
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