PubMed · 2366695
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S M Beal. 1990-07-16. SIDS and immunization.. https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1990.tb136815.x
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OBJECTIVE: To document the incidence of symptoms after accelerated immunisation with diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine. DESIGN: Controlled study of children immunised with adsorbed diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine at accelerated and standard schedules. SETTING: Colchester and north Hertfordshire. SUBJECTS: 107 children scheduled to receive immunisation at 2, 3, and 4 months of age and 115 children scheduled to receive immunisation at 3, 4 1/2 to 5, and 8 1/2 to 11 months of age. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Parentally recorded symptoms, axillary temperatures, and size of local redness and swelling at the injection site during the seven days after immunisation. RESULTS: In general symptoms occurred less frequently with the accelerated schedule. Proportions of parents reporting axillary temperatures greater than 37.2 degrees C or local redness or swelling greater than 2.5 cm after the third dose of vaccine were significantly reduced in the accelerated schedule group. CONCLUSION: Immunisation at 2, 3, and 4 months of age is likely to cause fewer reactions than immunisation at 3, 4 1/2 to 5, and 8 1/2 to 11 months of age.
The purpose of this investigation was to determine the site utilized by nurses for administering Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Pertussis (DPT) injections to infants under 7 months of age. Twenty-six of the 28 agencies identified in a metropolitan area as administering DPT injections chose to participate in the study. Those individuals administering DPT injections in the agencies completed a questionnaire with a return rate of 69% (n = 55). Forty-four participants indicated that they used the anterolateral thigh, the recommended site, 100% of the time. The participants in the study administered a total of 1,453 DPT injections per month. Eighty-seven percent of those injections were administered in the anterolateral thigh, 3.6% were given in the deltoid, 5.1% were given in the dorsal gluteal, and 4% were given in the ventrogluteal. The estimated proportion of DPT injections administered at the correct site was 84.65% which is much lower than the critical value 94.06% for alpha = .05 (p less than .00001).
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