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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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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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