Tetanus
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Tetanus Information For Health Professionals
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Clinical features and epidemiology
Reporting
Vaccine information
ACIP recommendations and MMWR reports
Clinical features and epidemiology
- Tetanus Clinical Information
Information on tetanus for health professionals, including epidemiology, communicability, and treatment of cases and contacts. - Summary Guide to Tetanus Prophylaxis in Routine Wound Management
A guide to assessing wounds for possible tetanus prophylaxis. - CDC Chapter 21: Tetanus
Tetanus chapter in the CDC's Pink Book on vaccine-preventable diseases. - CDC: Clinical Features of Tetanus
Overview of the clinical presentations of tetanus. Warning: Graphic medical images.
Reporting
- Reporting Tetanus
All cases of tetanus must be reported to the Minnesota Department of Health. Find out what needs to be reported, who needs to report diseases, which forms to use and where to find out more about the disease.
Vaccine information
Vaccine Product Information and VIS
Generic name | Manufacturer | Prescribing information | VIS |
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Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTaP) | Sanofi Pasteur | DAPTACEL | DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis) VIS |
GlaxoSmithKline | Infanrix | ||
Diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis and inactivated polio vaccine (DTaP-IPV) | GlaxoSmithKline | Kinrix | CDC: Your Child's First Vaccines (VIS for multiple vaccines) |
Sanofi Pasteur | Pentacel | ||
Diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis; inactivated polio; and hepatitis B (DTaP-IPV-Hep B) | GlaxoSmithKline | Pediarix | |
Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis (Tdap) | GlaxoSmithKline | Boostrix | CDC: Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis) VIS |
Sanofi Pasteur | Adacel |
- CDC: Diphtheria Vaccine Recommendations
Summary of vaccination recommendations from CDC. - Ask the Experts: Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis
Experts from the CDC answer challenging questions about vaccines and their administration.
ACIP recommendations and MMWR reports
- CDC: ACIP Recommendations: Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis (DTaP/Tdap/Td) Vaccines
Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
Last Updated: 10/23/2024