What is the best intramuscular injection site for infants and small children?
besure77 Teacher Middle School Editor Debater Expert Educator $(document).ready(function() { $(‘a.toggle_expert_titles’).click(function() { $(‘#show_expert_titles’).toggle(); return false; }); }); There are generally four sites that can be used to give an intramuscular injection. These are the dorsogluteal muscle which is the rear end, the vastus lateralis muscle which is the thigh, the… (The entire answer is 157 words.) This is an expert answer, written by an eNotes editor. To read the entire answer, please join eNotes. Rate answer: $(‘#ascore-187237’).istars(setAnswerRating); Flag as inappropriate Posted by besure77 on Saturday March 20, 2010 at 7:30 AM pmv51266 Teacher College – Senior The best site to inject intramuscularly for small children is the vastus lateralis. It is located at the anterior lateral view within the middle or upper thigh region. The vastus lateralis is considered the safest site to inject intramuscularly at birth and until 36th month of age; wherein it has an
