Correct vaccine administration prevents shoulder injury and ensures antigen delivery

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Correct vaccine administration prevents shoulder injury and ensures antigen delivery

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Vanessa Weenink

Injection placement
Recommended vaccination sites where two subcutaneous vaccines are required in a 15-month-old

Vaccines administered into the shoulder joint or bursa rather than the deltoid muscle may result in significant and disabling injury: this is preventable, and the correct technique is described here

Angela was work­ing as a vaccinator in secondary care when she received a vaccine which was injected too high into her deltoid area; she ex­perienced