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Can an intramuscular vaccine accidentally go into the fatty tissue instead of the muscle?

Q: can an intramuscular vaccine accidentally go into the fatty tissue instead of the muscle?

: Very unlikely with properly trained injector -- and anyway it wouldn't matter much if that happened. Try to stop obsessing about it; you won't get answers any different than you already have had in your previous questions about this.

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Very unlikely with properly trained injector -- and anyway it wouldn't matter much if that happened. Try to stop obsessing about it; you won't get answers any different than you already have had in your previous questions about this.

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Answered 4/26/2021

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A member asked:

Can an intramuscular vaccine accidentally go into the fatty tissue instead of the muscle?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Dr Kuitems and another doctor agreed

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