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EcclesCake | 13:42 Tue 05th Mar 2013 | Body & Soul
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I am trying to work out if I now have lifetime cover for Tetanus.

How many Tetanus jabs would I have had as part of the standard immunisation programme you get as a kid and at school?

I'm in my early 40s if that makes a difference.
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I've got a sneaky feeling that the jabs need topped up. :-(
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If you've had five in total you are considered to have lifetime cover (or so the current thinking goes) I can account for at least three and possibly a fourth.....just don't know what I would have had as a baby and at school.
Yes I'm also fairly sure you need boosters every five years.
Eccles, there's some interesting reading in the related threads.
If you have had 3 "shots" as a child and a booster as an adult, then this should give you lifetime cover.
Is there any way of finding this out? Would a doctor have this information on file?

I read that you need 5, but it's hard to work out how many I've had. I thought a child has two?

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I know that I have had three (possibly four) exceptional jabs, dog bites, travel, unpleasant experience with a rusty compass....

On the basis that my Mother was moderately responsible can I assume that as a child I would have received the three childhood shots as standard protocol?
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Alba, thanks for suggesting looking at the 'Related Threads'....taking medical advice from Molly 'cause she's good at science.....Hell No!!!

Admittedly, other advice was available too.....just not as funny to read ;-)
Scrap my answer, I've just read you get the third one between the ages of 11-15.

thought that might bring a smile to your face Eccles :-D

Check with your surgery about previous jabs, surely it must be listed on your records?

(love the way you describe your mother as moderately responsible!!)
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I've just been to the surgery and they only have one listed.

I suspect I may had another one for travelling; definitely one following a dog bite, and another one when I stuck a rusty compass through my finger and it came out the otherside!

I just don't know what the standard protocol was for kids born in the early 70's getting Tetanus jabs.

I'll assume I'm covered.
I always thought they had to be topped up every 10 years but I can only recall ever having had 1 jab and am now 61
Is this for travel purposes?
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I am travelling soon but this is a general question.
This may not apply to you and where you are travelling to, but just something to think about. If you're travelling to a country that 'recommends' you have a tetanus then don't chance it.
If you did ever find yourself in a situation where you might be needing medical treatment, and you hadn't had the jab, then your insurance would be void - in most cases.

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Assuming I have had six and possibly seven Tetanus jabs I don't think I need to worry.
I've been told that as I've had 3x shots as a child & 3x shots as an adult, (due to HM Forces losing my records), as well as 4 other shots, due to operational requirements!!, I should never need anymore again.... But, can I donate some immunity to another person??
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Nibble, so thoughtful....saving others from a little prick...... :-)
lol.....
Less of that, so they say?
"Assuming I have had six and possibly seven Tetanus jabs"

Well there you go then. You've answered your own question...

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