Journal article
Injection Sites Utilized for DPT Immunizations in Infants
Journal of community health nursing, Vol.9(2), pp.87-94
01/01/1992
DOI: 10.1207/s15327655jchn0902_3
PMID: 1624982
Abstract
The purpose of this investigation was to determine the site utilized by nurses for administering Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Pertussis (DPT) injections to infants under 7 months of age. Twenty-six of the 28 agencies identified in a metropolitan area as administering DPT injections chose to participate in the study. Those individuals administering DPT injections in the agencies completed a questionnaire with a return rate of 69% (n = 55). Forty-four participants indicated that they used the anterolateral thigh, the recommended site, 100% of the time. The participants in the study administered a total of 1,453 DPT injections per month. Eighty-seven percent of those injections were administered in the anterolateral thigh, 3.6% were given in the deltoid, 5.1% were given in the dorsal gluteal, and 4% were given in the ventrogluteal. The estimated proportion of DPT injections administered at the correct site was 84.65% which is much lower than the critical value 94.06% for α = .05 (p < .00001).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Injection Sites Utilized for DPT Immunizations in Infants
- Creators
- Jeanette M. DalyWilliam JohnstonYounghae Chung
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of community health nursing, Vol.9(2), pp.87-94
- Publisher
- Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
- DOI
- 10.1207/s15327655jchn0902_3
- PMID
- 1624982
- ISSN
- 0737-0016
- eISSN
- 1532-7655
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/1992
- Academic Unit
- Family and Community Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984627220202771
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