Nurses prefer to use the dorsogluteal site for intramuscular injections to adults, despite evidence suggesting that it is not best practice, suggests Canadian research. The authors said recent nursing ...

Aims To examine depth of subcutaneous fat at gluteal intramuscular injection sites. Design Retrospective study. Setting General hospital. Participants 100 consecutive adults who had computed ...

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 ...

Nurses prefer to use the dorsogluteal site for intramuscular injections to adults, despite evidence suggesting that it is not best practice, suggests Canadian research. Subscribe today to access over ...

Despite the potential risks of sciatic nerve injury, seven out of ten hospital nurses used the dorsogluteal (DG) buttock site to administer intramuscular injections in a Canadian study. Despite the ...