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- Title
Eradication efforts need needle-free delivery.
- Authors
Voelker, Rebecca; Voelker, R
- Abstract
Focuses on the inadequacy of needle-and-syringe systems for worldwide immunization programs. History of needles; Comparison of vaccine delivery techniques; World Health Organization estimates on number of injections given worldwide; Designs for and benefits of needle-free injectors; Optimism for future injection devices.
- Subjects
HYPODERMIC syringes; DRUG delivery devices; IMMUNIZATION; INJECTIONS; EQUIPMENT &; supplies; BLOODBORNE infections; HYPODERMIC needles; PATHOGENIC microorganisms; SYRINGES; UNIVERSAL precautions (Health); JET injections; MEDICAL equipment contamination
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 1999, Vol 281, Issue 20, p1879
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.281.20.1879-JMN0526-2-1