Up to date?: If your child is up to date on their vaccines, they would have already received three doses (at 2, 4, and 6 months of age) of dtap, which contains the tetanus vaccine. If a child has received at least 3 doses of vaccine and the last dose is within 5 years of the injury (an up to date 13 month old would fit this description), additional tetanus toxoid is not needed for any type of wound.
Answered 9/11/2013
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