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Is Shot Needed After Scratching The Skin From Rusty Screw?

My 11 year old daughter scratched her skin from a rusty screw on the side of a canoe. It did not puncture deep at all but it bled for a split second ? We cleaned it already and put polysporin on it. What should we do next? Do I need to take her to emergency for a shot ? Thanks for your help.
Fri, 12 Sep 2014
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Hello, Thnx to contact us. If I am your treating doctor I would like to advice you that proper home management is the first thing, that thing you have done very well. Continue such a local wound care it will help healing the wound faster. Yes it requires a shot of vaccination about tetanus. but it is not at all to go to ER immediately. You can visit the ER as you become free from the work. Do not forget to take antibiotics like cefixime, analgesic aceclofenac, and antacid pantoprazole, take it under guidance of your local doctor. If you have anything else to ask please contact me. Thanx. Dr. Arun Tank; Infectious Disease Specialist
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Is Shot Needed After Scratching The Skin From Rusty Screw?

Hello, Thnx to contact us. If I am your treating doctor I would like to advice you that proper home management is the first thing, that thing you have done very well. Continue such a local wound care it will help healing the wound faster. Yes it requires a shot of vaccination about tetanus. but it is not at all to go to ER immediately. You can visit the ER as you become free from the work. Do not forget to take antibiotics like cefixime, analgesic aceclofenac, and antacid pantoprazole, take it under guidance of your local doctor. If you have anything else to ask please contact me. Thanx. Dr. Arun Tank; Infectious Disease Specialist