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Please ensure that you have completed the sharps safety page in conjunction with this page, click to complete here
Read the illustrated guide to intramuscular injections on ClinicalSkills.net here:
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Please take note, the first 4 links are generic instructions shown on adults, the last link contains information of the different locations for injection for different age ranges.
Intramuscular injection using the deltoid site
Intramuscular injection using the dorsogluteal site
Intramuscular injection using the vastus lateralis site
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Check your Knowledge!
Check your Knowledge!
Click on the button below to navigate to the 'Take a Test' area of ClinicalSkills.net. Please make sure you're logged into ClinicalSkills.net already, otherwise you may not be able to open and take the test. Once you have reached the 'Take a Test' area, select 'Local Tests' and then click on the test called 'Intramuscular Injection (General) - Child' to begin. You will need to score 80% or more to pass. Make sure you've read the ClinicalSkills.net procedure thoroughly before taking the test as many of the answers will be found within there!
Procedural Checklists
Procedural Checklists
Here you can open the step by step virtual checklist, which you can use on a smartphone or tablet:
Alternatively, you may wish to use the paper version of this, which you can open here (and print if required):
If you'd like a step by step checklist for one of the other possible IM injection sites (dorsogluteal or vastus lateralis) these can be found on the individual ClinicalSkills.net pages listed above in the 'Read' section.
Other Materials
Other Materials
The Effect of Distraction cards on reducing pain and anxiety during intramuscular injection in Children
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Next review: August 2023
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