The Canadian College of Healthcare and Pharmaceutics is pleased to announce a six- hour program on administration of intramuscular injection. The program is designed for health professionals and front-line workers to understand the concepts of intramuscular injection and to safely administer them. The program is delivered by a certified professional. The concepts of patient safety are included as well.

This program is designed to cater all types of healthcare professionals:

• Nurses (RN, LPN)
• Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
• Other health professionals (Eligibility determined on case-by-case basis)

The program includes theory as well as practice on simulated arms. The program covers following topics:

• Medication concepts
• Intramuscular injection
• Administering injection
  • Deltoid
  • Dorsogluteal
  • Ventrogluteal
  • Vastus lateralis
• Injection techniques
• Parts of syringe and needle
• Patient safety
• infection control and needle disposal