Establishing a new appropriate intramuscular injection site in the deltoid muscle

Establishing a new appropriate intramuscular injection site in the deltoid muscle

It is becoming increasingly important for clinicians to identify a safer intramuscular (IM) injection site in the deltoid muscle because of possible complications following the vaccine administration of IM injections. We herein examined 4 original IM sites located on the perpendicular line through t...

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Main Authors: Yukari Nakajima, Kanae Mukai, Kana Takaoka, Toshiko Hirose, Keiko Morishita, Takuya Yamamoto, Yuka Yoshida, Tamae Urai, Toshio Nakatani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-09-01
Series:Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Subjects:
axillary nerve
best practice
deltoid muscle
needle depth
nursing practice
safe site for injection
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2017.1334747

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