Is it possible to give the flu shot wrong?

giving a shot, like a flu shot, is really a no-brainer. its pretty much impossible to screw it up if youve had any training with giving IM injections. so no, you shouldnt worry about it any.

Flu vaccinations are given as intramuscular injections. That means it's injected into muscle. It's not a "no brainer" as was suggested. Injections take training and experience to give correctly. Yes, it's possible to give ANY vaccination incorrectly. Some are intradermal, some are subcutaneous, some are intravenous and some, like flu vaccinations, are intramuscular.

The correct way to give an intramuscular injection is to look at your patient and locate an area with adequate muscle mass for the length of the needle. Flu vaccines are usually administered using a needle that's 1" to 1 1/2" long. Usually this is the deltoid muscle in the upper arm, just below the bony part of the shoulder. This can be more challenging when working very thin patients and if there isn't enough fat tissue or muscle mass, bone can be bruised by a longer needle and it makes more sense to use a shorter one, like a 5/8". Once a spot has been decided, it's wiped down with alcohol and the alcohol is allowed to dry. It takes several seconds but the area should not be touched again. And of course anyone giving the injection should be wearing gloves. The skin around the intended injection site should be gently pinched between the thumb and the fingers (use the thumb and fingers to stretch the skin tight if a 5/8 inch needle is used on some one with adequate muscle mass). The syringe is held at an angle that's 90 degrees to the skin's surface (straight in). The needle should be inserted quickly, the plunger should be aspirated (pulled back a little) for blood. If any shows up in the barrel of the syringe, you hit a vein and the needle should be withdrawn and the entire syringe discarded. If no blood is seen on aspiration, the vaccine is administered in one quick motion and the needle withdrawn straight back, in one smooth motion. I have no idea what your sister intends to do if she aspirates blood or what she plans to do with the used needle. I suppose take it back to her work. However, the safety cover should be used to prevent any accidental needle sticks.

Anything that significantly deviates from the steps I've outlined above is wrong.

i do no longer think of that the flu shot makes you greater susceptible, however the flu shot does not ward off the flu. This twelve months's flu shot covers against the Influenza B, H1N1 (swine flu) and H3N2. Even the CDC states that "via fact viruses can and do mutate, it is likewise achieveable for brand spanking new flu strains to look for the period of the 2010-2011 season." So, with that being reported, the flu shot can no longer and does not preserve against the flu. in certainty, one can get any of the above reported flus, they're basically meant to no longer be as "good" as in case you probably did no longer get a flu shot. My argument to that's that no-you may tell me how sick i could have been if i did no longer get a flu vs if I did. via fact that no 2 absolutely everyone seems to be exactly alike the argument that i could have been sicker if i did no longer get the shot is ridiculous. there is likewise no assure that the vaccine i'm getting and the flu I capture are one in the comparable. this is totally as much as you in case you opt for for to get the flu shot. i in my opinion have in no way in 30 years gotten a flu shot and that i've got not got plans to get one this twelve months, the two. ~*~*~*~ And on an entire area notice to the poster approximately no longer turning out to be a 2d head... you receive the H1N1 shot a twelve months in the past. some vaccines are studied for years and years in the past they're deemed risk-free or no longer. The CDC says " in spite of the undeniable fact that vaccines are examined incredibly in the past they're authorized for use interior america, no longer adequate absolutely everyone seems to be secure in the checks to locate reactions that happen basically infrequently. If severe reactions are got here upon while the vaccine is in time-honored use, the vaccine could properly be withdrawn." The CDC is going directly to assert "Vaccine risk-free practices won't be able to be measured immediately. somewhat, that's envisioned by utilising the style of "damaging activities" reported." So, no remember if it is not reported that they have been given a vaccine of a few style that's basically no longer reported.

There is a way. It must be given in the muscle just below your shoulder. It is usually given in the non-dominate arm but that is just because of the soreness that occurs afterward. But, since your sister is a M.A you'll be fine :)

sure -never get a vaccination or procedure from a medical professional you don't trust.