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A member asked:

What to do if i pricked myself very deep with a needle, how do i go about caring for the wound properly?

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Dr. James Burns answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

Keep wound clean and: Covered, make sure you have had a tetanus booster within the past 10 years and at the forst sign of infection, increasing redness, swelling, pain or draining you should see your doctor quickly.

Answered 5/5/2014

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