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The Position Statement on Injection Technique
  1. L Diggle1,
  2. J Deeks2
  1. 1Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
  2. 2Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    L Diggle;
    linda.diggle{at}paediatrics.ox.ac.uk

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The Position Statement on Injection Technique (March 2002, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health) discusses needle size and length for childhood immunisation. It concludes that there would seem to be insufficient evidence to advise any recommendation to change current practice in the use of needle size. As the authors of a research study that aimed to provide some evidence base for immunisation practice we would like to respond to this.1

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