Z-track
English
Noun
Z-track (uncountable)
- (medicine, often attributive) A technique for intramuscular injection that uses a zigzag path.
- 2004, Carol Taylor, Carol Lillis, Priscilla LeMone, Lippincott's Photo Atlas of Medication Administration (page 9)
- Beyea & Nicoll (1996) state that Z-track is the safest and most comfortable technique for giving any intramuscular injection.
- 2004, Carol Taylor, Carol Lillis, Priscilla LeMone, Lippincott's Photo Atlas of Medication Administration (page 9)