RESEARCH ARTICLE
Adrenaline Autoinjector Needle Interlocking in the Thumb Due to Improper Injection
Schmid M*, 1, Weidenhoffer I1, Udvardi A1, Lomoschitz K2, Volc-Platzer B1, Wöhrl S3
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2013Volume: 6
First Page: 18
Last Page: 21
Publisher Id: TOALLJ-6-18
DOI: 10.2174/1874838420130508001
Article History:
Received Date: 7/3/2013Revision Received Date: 14/4/2013
Acceptance Date: 27/4/2013
Electronic publication date: 17/5/2013
Collection year: 2013
© 2013 Schmid et al;
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open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Herein, a case of improper epinephrine autoinjector injection into the thumb involving deep connective tissue and bone is reported. We additionally review knowledge, skills and habits of a cohort of autoinjector users of a hospitalbased dermatologic outpatient clinic.
Keywords: Epinephrine autoinjector, digital ischemia, application error.
