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A member asked:
I have had a tetanus shot a year earlier and just stepped on a rusty nail and it went in kinda deep will i need another one?
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No: You are protected for a 10 year period from the point of the booster. You do need to keep the would clean and watch that it heals.The shot does not protect you from infection by other germs.
Answered 8/27/2013
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