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Vaccinating infants: Best practice for vastus lateralis administration
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Vaccinating infants: Best practice for vastus lateralis administration
Wednesday 27 September 2023, 12:20 AM
Locating the injection site of the vastus lateralis in infants [Image: Immunisation Handbook 2020, CC BY 4.0]
Following a previous article on deltoid administration of vaccines, this article looks at how to safely vaccinate infants
Key points, Vastus lateralis is the preferred vaccination site for infants under 12 months.
Expose the whole limb to correctly locate anatomical landmarks.
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References
WHO. Reducing pain at the time of vaccination: WHO position paper – September 2015. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 2015;90(39):505–10.
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