Template for locating hypodermic injection sites

Abstract

A template for identifying a set of sites on the skin for hypodermic injection and repeatedly locating unused sites in the set of sites and locating sites which have recently received an injection has at least one sheet which has a plurality of orifices at predetermined spaced sites corresponding to the set of skin sites, and a layer of liquid permeable absorbent material covering the orifices. The layer may be needle penetrable or both liquid and needle penetrable, if preferred. A second sheet having orifices corresponding to the orifices in the first sheet may be secured to the first sheet and the layer so that the orifices of the sheets are aligned with the layer between the sheets. In an alternative embodiment, bubbles containing an antiseptic liquid may be formed between the sheets, eliminating the layer of material between the sheets. The bubbles identify the shot sites. The template may be used to identify a set of sites on the skin for hypodermic injection and repeatedly locate the sites by using the hand to align the template, or aligning a portion of the template with a particular portion of the body. In this manner, the orifices or bubbles on the template are repeatedly aligned with the same set of skin sites. Orifices may be marked with a dye as they are used for injections, or the layer of material may be removed at each orifice as it is used. Bubbles may be punctured as they are used to identify shot sites.

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