The CDC wants doctors to conserve shots of one type of tetanus vaccine, after MassBiologics stopped making TdVax.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging doctors to conserve shots of a kind of tetanus vaccine, as the agency braces for a potential shortage of those shots this year.Doctors should switch from using the so-called Td vaccine â the immunization that protects against both tetanus and diphtheria infections â to giving the broader Tdap vaccine instead whenever possible, the CDC now says.
What alternatives are available for tetanus shots?Not everyone can get the Tdap vaccine as their booster shot for tetanus instead. The CDC says some people face a 'very rare' risk of developing a type of brain damage called encephalopathy from the pertussis component of Tdap vaccines. People who have developed encephalopathy after getting vaccinated are recommended to avoid future pertussis shots, and have no other option to get a tetanus booster.
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