alternatively cotton from a cigarette filter or cotton swab (cotton bud) is used. "Tuberculin" syringes and types of syringes used to inject insulin are commonly used. Commonly used syringes usually have a built-in 28 gauge (or thereabouts) needle typically 1/2 or 5/8 inches long.

The most commonly preferred injection site is the crook of the elbow (i.e., the Median cubital vein),