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A member asked:
Does a tetanus booster i had 10 yrs. ago count as the first in a series of 3 shots?
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Depends: If you never had a tetanus shot previously then it was the first. If you had the primary series in childhood, it is just a booster & due again every 10 years.
Answered 10/4/2016
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