Healthcare Practitioners Knowledge of Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vaccine pharmacovigilance is at the forefront of the public eye. Shoulder Injuries Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) is a poorly understood Adverse Event Following Immunisation, with iatrogenic origins. Criteria for medicolegal diagnosis of SIRVA is conflicting, current literature and educational materials are lacking, and healthcare practitioner knowledge of the condition is unknown.

Methods

A cross-sectional, convenience sampled survey, utilising a validated online questionnaire assessed practitioner knowledge of SIRVA, safe injecting, and upper limb anatomy, and preferred definition for SIRVA.

Results

Mean scores were moderate for safe injecting knowledge (69%), and poor for knowledge of anatomy (42%) and SIRVA (55%). Non-immunising healthcare pr

SUBMITTER: Mackenzie LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9787830 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature