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Editorial · v1.2

How an article gets written, reviewed, and retired.

The library is only as good as the process behind it. This page describes that process in the same level of detail we would expect from a journal we relied on for clinical reference. Edition v1.2, current as of 2026.

Read v1.2 changelog

1. Sourcing

Every article starts with three sources: the manufacturer Instructions for Use for the relevant pen or vial, the most recent CDC or WHO injection-safety statement that touches the technique, and at least one piece of nursing-education literature drawn from peer-reviewed journals. Where an article concerns a non-FDA-approved compound, we add a peer-reviewed reconstitution-math primer and frame the article as research-context only.

2. Triangulation

No article publishes on the basis of a single source. We require two independent sources to agree on each load-bearing claim. If the manufacturer instructions and the nursing-education consensus disagree, we follow the manufacturer and flag the divergence in the article. If the literature is genuinely split, we say so, and we describe both readings.

3. Drafting

An article is drafted in the InjectCompass voice, patient-handout precision, numbered procedures, no first-person experience framing, no claims about subjective effects. Numbers are treated as code: any change to a dosage figure or a needle-gauge specification triggers a version bump.

4. Review

Every article that touches a specific drug or compound is reviewed by a credentialed reviewer (MD, RN, NP, or PharmD) before it ships. The reviewer's name, credentials, and the date of review appear at the top of the article.

5. Versioning

Manufacturer instructions are reissued. Labels are updated. When that happens, we version the article, the previous version is archived rather than deleted, and the new version carries a small note describing what changed and why.

6. Retirement

An article is retired when its compound is withdrawn from the market, when a manufacturer reissues guidance that supersedes the page wholesale, or when the editorial team decides the article no longer earns its place in the library. Retired articles return a 410 status and link to the most relevant replacement.

References behind this methodology

  1. Frid AH et al. (2016). New insulin delivery recommendations. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. , needle-length and rotation guidance.
  2. WHO (2010). Best practices for injections and related procedures toolkit.
  3. CDC injection-safety guidance (current edition).
  4. USP <797> Pharmaceutical Compounding. Sterile Preparations.