Most nurses don’t use recommended intramuscular injection site despite potential risks, study finds

Seven out of ten hospital nurses who took part in a Canadian study used the dorsogluteal (DG) buttock site to administer intramuscular injections -- despite the potential risks of sciatic nerve injury -- with only 14% using the ventrogluteal (VG) hip site recommended by the nursing literature.

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