Cook IF. Best vaccination practice and medically attended injection site events following deltoid intramuscular injection.
Hum Vaccin Immunother 2015;
11:1184-91. [PMID:
25868476 PMCID:
PMC4514326 DOI:
10.1080/21645515.2015.1017694]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2014] [Revised: 01/25/2015] [Accepted: 02/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Analysis of medically attended injection site events data provides a vehicle to appreciate the inadequacies of vaccination practice for deltoid intramuscular injection and to develop best practice procedures. These data can be divided into 3 groups; nerve palsies, musculoskeletal injuries and cutaneous reactions and reflect inappropriate site of injection, needle over or under penetration, local sepsis and vascular complications. The aim of this review is to formulate best vaccination practice procedures for deltoid intramuscular injection of vaccines through the collation and analysis of medically attended injection site events.
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