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A member asked:
When should you get a tetanus booster before you're 10 years out from the last one?
10 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
THREE TO FIVE YEARS: Ten years is a routine booster dose. For any animal bites, road side injuries and from rusty metal, rule of thumb is 3 to 5 years.
Answered 9/25/2017
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Tetanus booster: The current recommendation is every ten years. However, there is a five-year option if you sustain a dirty deep cut like a punctured wound from a rusty nail outside.
Answered 5/18/2012
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Reminder-TdaP!: If getting a booster as an adult, rather than the tetanus vaccine (td), please ensure you receive the tetanus booster with the pertussis vaccine (tdap). Statewide epidemics (largest one is currently in california) have revealed waning immunity to the "whooping cough" and is responsible to infant deaths- most traced from adults who have pertussis despite being vaccinated as a child.
Answered 3/29/2017
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I got a tiny paper cut yesterday sometime during the day that wasn't noticed until it formed a scab on my finger. It's been years since my last tetanus booster and i worry a lot. Do i need one asap?
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Cut from can lid in trash bag this am. Called dr who said minor cut and no need for tetanus shot but can't recall booster last 10 yrs. Get one in am?
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Does a tetanus booster stop being effective at exactly ten years? Or would I likely still be covered at 10 yrs, one month?
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Can you get tetanus 7 years after a booster shot?
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