Importance of needle size for effective intramuscular delivery of vaccines

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 50, Issue 458, 2000, Pages 753-

  Zuckerman, J ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; RABIES VACCINE; VACCINE;

ABSCESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELTOID MUSCLE; GRANULOMA; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; INJECTION; LETTER; NEEDLE; RABIES; VACCINATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; NEEDLES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; VACCINES;

EID: 0033849227     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Determination of deltoid fat pad thickness: Implications for needle length in adult immunization
2. Needle length and injection technique for efficient intramuscular vaccine delivery in infants and children evaluated through an ultrasonographic determination of subcutaneous and muscle layer thickness
3. Injection granulomas: Intramuscle or intrafat?
4. Immunizing Children. [2nd Edition.]