Re: Tetanus question

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At Sat, 30 Nov 2002, anonymous wrote: >
>This morning in the shower I got a small scrape on my ankle from a
>razor. It did not bleed for more than a second and doesn't hurt. The
>blade on the razor was clean except for a tiny (and I mean tiny) looking
>piece of rust from being in the shower for the past week. Do I need to
>get a tetanus shot? I can't even really see the scrape anymore and I
>cleaned it out really well.

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