Background Although an effective public health intervention and a routine pediatric practice,
vaccines are a common source of iatrogenic pain in childhood. Techniques, such as exam
table restraint may cause infants to struggle and heighten distress, but studies demonstrate
that breastfeeding and lap holding are effective strategies to reduce injection pain during
vaccination. Local problem Adoption of pain-relieving techniques into clinical practice is
often underutilized. In a pediatric clinical practice in southern Connecticut, there were no …