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I have gotten a cut 4 days ago about a 1/2 inch wide a inch long and an 1/8 deep. how should it be taken care of?
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Clean/dress/TD: wound should be washed with antiseptic soap, pat dry, apply sterile Telfa gauze ( cellophane wrapped gauze) coated with triple antibiotic ointment and then have the entire dressing covered with rolled gauze, secured with paper tape. If you have not had a Td booster ( tetanus) in the past 10 years, you will need one now. Consult your physician re: possible antibiotic coverage.
Answered 11/4/2015
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