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Is Tetnas Shot Required For Wound By A Screw?

Hello I stepped on a screw which went through my shoe and into my foot about 1/4 inch. I cleaned it out with peroxide, anti bacterial soap and placed neosporine on the wound. I had a tetnas shot within the past five years. Do I need to go to urgent care and get another shot?
Wed, 4 Jun 2014
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Theoretically you need not have a tetanus toxoid shot if you have completed the tetanus immunization schedule & received the shot in previous five years.
But considering the cost effectiveness & the dangers caused by the disease tetanus disease if at all it is developed it is a regular practice to advice the tetanus toxoid shot if the wound is encountered by an iron object especially if it is rusted as this is the habitat for tetanus spores and the the person has not recevied the toxoid within 6 to 12 months.

Any how taking a toxoid is not going to produce any harm so better to go for it.
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Is Tetnas Shot Required For Wound By A Screw?

Theoretically you need not have a tetanus toxoid shot if you have completed the tetanus immunization schedule & received the shot in previous five years. But considering the cost effectiveness & the dangers caused by the disease tetanus disease if at all it is developed it is a regular practice to advice the tetanus toxoid shot if the wound is encountered by an iron object especially if it is rusted as this is the habitat for tetanus spores and the the person has not recevied the toxoid within 6 to 12 months. Any how taking a toxoid is not going to produce any harm so better to go for it.