Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 April 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update

Dr. Lucy Jessop:

Yes, absolutely. Our training is based on the NIAC guidelines in terms of how to give an intramuscular injection. We have done some extra training for all vaccinators in terms of how to recognise the muscle at the top of the shoulder to make sure we do not give it too high with shoulder injury, and as the Deputy said, give it appropriately into the muscle. We have, therefore, done additional training for vaccinators and are reminding them how to find the muscle when they are injecting. The advice, however, is not to draw back on the syringe to see if one has hit a blood vessel, as the Deputy was talking about in Denmark. It is not something that I am aware has been recommended. We would again look to our colleagues in NIAC if there were any changes in how a vaccine should be administered. It is not how we would recommend giving the vaccine, however.

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