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Any doctors? Nurses? Tetanus....

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TerribleWoman · 11/08/2024 20:04

My DD aged 14 just got a puncture wound from a screw sticking out from a cabinet. It was deep enough to ooze a little blood. I washed it under running water, with some liquid soap, and have put savlon on the wound.

I am not worried about the actual wound which is trivial, but is she likely to need a booster shot of tetanus?

She is immunosuppressed on biologic meds and azathioprine for IBD, if it's relevant.

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dementedpixie · 11/08/2024 20:23

Normally only needed for a deep dirty wound so I wouldn't have thought she'd need one

Sidge · 11/08/2024 20:59

She should have had one at school recently. Along with her meningitis ACWY vaccine.

Doesn’t sound like a tetanus prone wound anyway.

TerribleWoman · 11/08/2024 21:06

Sidge · 11/08/2024 20:59

She should have had one at school recently. Along with her meningitis ACWY vaccine.

Doesn’t sound like a tetanus prone wound anyway.

Thanks. She actually has to take the ACWY again in 6 months as she had that round of vaccines on the second week of 8 x 40 mg (?) tablets of prednisolone for a flare of her IBD. Is that likely to have prevented the tetanus vaccine from working properly too?

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DustyLee123 · 11/08/2024 21:12

I’d expect her to have her tetanus repeated if she needs her ACWY repeating.

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