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This depends on the length of the needle you are using, the location chosen for the shot, and the size of the person being injected. Flu vaccine is given as an IM (intramuscular) injection. For most people, a regular 25 or 22 gauge needle that is one inch or one and one half inches long is the proper size.

If you are giving the shot in the upper arm in the deltoid muscle or in the upper outer quadrant of the buttocks in the gluteus maximus muscle in adults (or the lateral thigh in children), who are normal sized with typical muscle mass, the angle of injection should usually be straight in (or 90 degree angle to the skin).

However, if you are giving the injection to someone with very little muscle mass, such as a frail elderly person, a small child, or extremely thin person, you may need to choose a shorter needle, perhaps even one half inch long, and continue at a 90 degree angle. Experienced medical professionals may sometimes use the same (one inch or one and a half inch) size needle, and alter the angle of injection just slightly so that they do not inject too deeply. Usually, a 60 degree angle will compensate for the more shallow muscle tissue, but that is a judgment call that requires knowledge of anatomy and experience, so it is best left to a professional to give injections to the ultra thin and small.



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