Asked by Mahendra Bahadur Deuja
on 29/3/20
how often do I get tetanus vaccine? cut myself from small wounds from little rusted zinc plate. mosty I take 2 tetanus vaccine every year. The last vaccine which I took nearly 5 months ago. Do I need to take vaccine more or not, please suggest me as soon as possible.
If you have received three doses of tetanus vaccine in the past, you don’t need re-vaccination for clean wound if your vaccination was within 10 years. For dirty wound (eg: by rusted zinc plate/large wound), you don’t need re-vaccination if your last vaccination was within 5 years. From your concern, you don’t need to get vaccine now as you have taken last dose 5 months before.
Thank you sir, for your quick response.
Emergency Medicine & GP
according to WHO, you do not need vaccine if you had taken it within 5 years!
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