Subcutaneous Injection OSCE - Heparin Injection - Clinical Skills - Dr Gill

Subcutaneous Injection OSCE - Heparin Injection - Clinical Skills - Dr Gill

All patients who spend time in the hospital will be given a thrombosis risk assessment, from which a high percentage of patients will end up being provided with anticoagulation when their care is completed. This is in the form of low molecular weight heparin for the majority of patients.

Low-molecular-weight heparin is commonly administered subcutaneously by hospital staff. However, when a patient is discharged home, many will continue to receive heparin injections, and many will be required to administer them themselves. As such, it is important to be able to demonstrate how to do the injection, and highlight factors that are needed for how to provide both this and any subcutaneous injection.