Tetanozdan Korunma-Aşı ve tetanoz Serumu
1 | A primary series consists of a minimum of 3 doses of tetanus- and diphtheria- containing vaccine (DTaP/DTP/Tdap/DT/Td). |
2 | Age-appropriate vaccine: |
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3 | No vaccine or TIG is recommended for infants <6 weeks of age with clean, minor wounds. (And no vaccine is licensed for infants <6 weeks of age.) |
4 | Tdap* is preferred for persons age 10 through 64 who have never received Tdap. Td is preferred to tetanus toxoid (TT) for persons 7 through 9 years, or >65 years, or those who have received a Tdap previously. If TT is administered, an adsorbed TT product is preferred to fluid TT. (All DTaP/DTP/Tdap/DT/Td products contain adsorbed tetanus toxoid.) |
5 | Give TIG 250 U IM for all ages. It can and should be given simultaneously with the tetanus-containing vaccine. |
6 | For infants <6 weeks of age, TIG (without vaccine) is recommended for “dirty” wounds (wounds other than clean, minor). |
7 | Persons who are HIV positive should receive TIG regardless of tetanus immunization history. |