When preparing to administer the polio vaccine to an infant, the nurse would expect to administer the vaccine by which route?
A) Intramuscular
B) Subcutaneous
C) Oral
D) Intradermal
B
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The inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) is the only polio vaccine currently recommended in the United States, and it is administered subcutaneously. Up until the year 2000, the oral polio vaccine (OPV) was used. The polio vaccine is not administered intramuscularly or intradermally.
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