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Tetnus shot

2019-09-07 16:58:32
I scratched my thub with a screwdriver The wound was very shallow but it bled a lot. I had my tetnus booster last year Should i be worried ? Should i geta tetnus shot?
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Not needed. According to WHO: "no booster is needed if the last dose of the primary series, or of subsequent booster injections, was given less than 5 years ago for dirty wounds or less than 10 years ago for clean wound"

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