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Yesterday someone scratched me with his nails ,do i need a tetanus toxoid , i got one injection of it last year?
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Your protected: The shot last year will cover you for 9 more years. If you do a lot of gardening or landscape work some suggest a booster every 5 years, but that's an exception
Answered 11/28/2017
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