A Honor Society of Nursing (STTI) answered. The rate of incidence for pancreatitis each year in the United States is over 300,000 people. Roughly 200,000 people are hospitalized each year for treatment of acute pancreatitis.
As reported in Diabetes Technology & Management, recent research shows that smaller 8 millimeter (mm), 6 mm, and 4 mm needles are as effective, regardless of body mass. This makes insulin injections more acceptable and less painful than it was in the past.
Visual guide to barrel markingsEdit. This is a 1 cc, 1 ml U100 insulin syringe with markings indicating every TWO units. This is a 1/2 cc, 0.5 ml U100 insulin syringe with markings indicating each unit. These are 3/10 cc, 0.3 ml U100 insulin syringes. At left is half-scale, or half-unit markings. At right is whole units with one mark for each unit of insulin.