Tetanus Antitoxin Injection 1500IU/0.75ml for Human
Product Description
Tetanus Antitoxin is a solution of modified globulin prepared
from immunized plasma of healthy horses by peptic digestion and ammonium
sulphate fractiontion for preventing of tetanus.
Indication and use
1. For those openly wounded, especially those
wounded deeply and contaminated seriously, and in danger of being infected with
tetanus, prophylactic injection of tetanus antitoxin should be given at once.
Patients who have had previous injection of tetanus toxoid should be boosted
with one more injection of tetanus toxoid (but not tetanus antitoxin). To those
who haven't had previous tetanus toxoid injection or without a clear history of
immunization, both antitoxin and toxoid should be given for prophylaxis and
permanent immunocompetence.
2. The right site for subcutaneous injection of
the tetanujs antitoxin is around the deltoid muscle of the upper arm. If
tetanus toxoid is to b…