“An innovative new technique of paediatric vaccination: Take both hands and hold the needle to avoid damage of nociceptors and capillaries”

Abstract

Pediatric vaccination is an important field in the daily pediatric care practice of pediatricians in Germany. According to the STIKO recommendations, children were vaccinated up to 20 times till the age of 17. A new technique of vaccination will be presented vaccinate a child taking both hands, one makes the injections, the other one holds the needle in the skin due to relieve pain and not to damage nociceptors. The importance of this technique is to avoid movement of the needle inside the skin after injection to avoid damage of nociceptors in the skin.