Tetanus

Healio’s coverage of the unanimous CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices vote that recommended Tdap be used for the decennial Td booster and other medical purposes was one of the top stories in infectious disease last week.

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted unanimously today to recommend that either Td or Tdap may be used for the decennial Td booster, as tetanus prophylaxis for wound management in nonpregnant patients who previously received Tdap, and as additional doses of the catch-up immunization series for tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis in patients 7 years of age or older, including those who are pregnant.