Adherence to adult intramuscular injection protocol at Civil Hospital Karachi

Objective: to assess the level of adherence to adult intramuscular injections protocol by health care providers of civil hospital karachi. methods: this analytical cross sectional study was conducted in july and august of 2009, at civil hospital karachi after institutional permission. data was collected with a pre tested data collection tool. two hundred and seventeen house officers and nurses were interviewed. spssv16.0 was used for descriptive and scoring analysis. results: with a 94% response rate, 156(76%) interns and 49(24%) nurses were interviewed. majority scored well regarding preparation of intramuscular injections with 40(19.5%) participants scoring 12 out of 15 marks. highest score about administration of intramuscular injects questions was 7 in 43(21%) of the participants. twenty three (11%) failed to reply about contraindications and 14 (20%) mentioned that there are no contraindications. conclusion: health care providers at civil hospital karachi are partially adhering to adult intramuscular injections protocol, which calls for intensive training.