Inadequate deltoid muscle penetration and concerns of improper COVID mRNA vaccine administration can be avoided by injection technique modification

CONCLUSIONS: Skin bunching will prevent adequate intramuscular injection of vaccines in a small percentage of persons, but as hundreds of millions are expected to receive mRNA vaccines in the coming months, the multiplied result can have significant personal and societal consequences for millions of people globally, especially in obese populations, and therefore this practice should be strictly discouraged.PMID:34275671 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.06.081

Source: Vaccine - July 19, 2021 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Nimrod Rahamimov Veronica Baturov Adi Shani Ilai Ben Zoor Doron Fischer Anna Chernihovsky Source Type: research