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The proper needle length when giving an intramuscular injection in the ventrogluteal is

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Answer: 1 1/2 inch

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Intramuscular injections are used to insert the medicine deep inside the muscles. The muscles have a lot of blood vessels so the medications will be directly absorbed into the bloodstream.

A ventrogluteal injection is a kind of injection inserted to the area of hip called as the ventrogluteal site. The length of the needle should be 1 to 1.5 inches so that the needle can penetrate the fat present in the region and allow the medicine to be absorbed at the region. The needle length can be adjusted to a thickness so that it can help in the penetration process.

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