Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids

Indications: prevention of diphtheria and tetanus.

Direction for use: Immunization with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids for paediatric use is recommended for infants and children from 6 weeks of age. In addition, these children and adults should receive booster doses of Td every 10 years for the rest of their lives.

Prevention: A booster dose should be given every 10 years.

Pregnancy: This vaccine has not been shown to cause birth defects or other problems in humans

Side effects:

Redness or hard lump at the place of injection (this may last for a few days; however, less often, the hard lump may last for a few weeks),
Chills;
fast heartbeat;
fever under 39.4 °C (103 °F);
general feeling of discomfort or illness; headache;
muscle aches;
swelling of glands in armpit;
unusual tiredness or weakness

Tetanus/diphtheria Vaccination Resource:

Examining the benefit of vaccinating adults against pertussis.

J Am Acad Nurse Pract

Middle school vaccination requirements and adolescent vaccination coverage.

Pediatrics

Underinsurance for recently recommended vaccines in private health plans.

J Community Health

Adult immunizations: update on recommendations.

Am J Med

Vaccination coverage among adolescents and risk factors associated with incomplete immunization.

Eur J Pediatr

[Improvement strategy to increase vaccination rates in adolescents].

Gesundheitswesen

Preconception care.

Obstet Gynecol Surv

Stimulation of anti-polio and anti-HSV IgA pre-plasma cell response in blood following parenteral immunization with tetanus-diphtheria vaccine.

Vaccine

Coalition of advocates to vaccinate of Western European citizens aged 60 years and older.

Aging Clin Exp Res

HLA-DRhigh/CD27high plasmablasts indicate active disease in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Ann Rheum Dis

Blood-borne human plasma cells in steady state are derived from mucosal immune responses.

Blood

Have you had a tetanus booster in the last 10 years? Sensitivity and specificity of the question.

Patient Educ Couns

Personal hygiene and safety of governmental hospital staff in Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran.

East Mediterr Health J

Vaccination during pregnancy.

Womens Health (Lond Engl)

Enhanced surveillance for adverse events following immunization: Two years of dTap catch-up among high school students in Yukon, Canada (2004, 2005).

Can J Public Health

Report from the CDC. Vaccines in women.

J Womens Health (Larchmt)

Frequent nasal administrations of recombinant cholera toxin B subunit (rCTB)-containing tetanus and diphtheria toxoid vaccines induced antigen-specific serum and mucosal immune responses in the presence of anti-rCTB antibodies.

Vaccine

Immunizations in long-term care facilities: policies and practice.

J Am Geriatr Soc

Immunization needs of adults.

Iowa Med

Immunizations among hospital personnel.

J Occup Med

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