When teaching a patient about injection site selection and rotation,and how to self-inject insulin,which statement made by the patient indicates that clarification is needed?
A) "The abdominal site is best because it is closest to the pancreas."
B) "I can reach my thigh the best,so I will use different areas of the same thigh."
C) "By rotating the sites within one area,my chance of having tissue damage is less."
D) "If I change injection sites from the thigh to the arm,the rate the insulin is absorbed may be different."
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