Hello , my baby is 6 month older and today he got little scratch in his nose by iron pot , should i need to take tetanus injection for him ? And his vaccinations are on time, on 11 sept ‘20 he took DTwP vaccine . #Vaccination

1 Answer

Dr Vandan H KumarFather of a 7 yr 4 m old boy4 years ago

A. the DPT vaccine you have given already contains tetanus vaccination so you will not have to give tetanus vaccination to the child in five years of age because in between booster doses of tetanus is also given during the DPT vaccination

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