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Vaccine administration : a guide to selecting needle gauge and length.HP40-353/2024E-PDF

"Selection of the right needle should be based on the route, recipient’s factors (e.g., age, muscle mass), and vaccine properties. This is to optimize the immune response and reduce the risk of injection site reactions ... The use of safety-engineered needles and syringes (e.g., protected needle devices) is preferred and, in many jurisdictions, mandated by law to reduce risk of injury"--Page [1].

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Department/Agency
  • Public Health Agency of Canada, issuing body.
TitleVaccine administration : a guide to selecting needle gauge and length.
Publication typeMonograph
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Caption title.
  • Issued also in French under title: Administration des vaccins : un guide de sélection du calibre et de la longueur des aiguilles.
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : Public Health Agency of Canada = Agence de la santé publique du Canada, [2024].
  • ©2024
Description1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages) : illustrations
ISBN9780660705712
Catalogue number
  • HP40-353/2024E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number240008
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