Sports medicine Booster doses are not needed

BMJ 1994;309:474 (13 August)

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Sports medicine Booster doses are not needed

EDITOR, - J C M Sharp's advice on tetanus immunisation¹ is contraryto that specified in the current edition of the "green book."

For immunised adults who have received five doses of tetanusvaccine, either as children or according to the recommendedschedule of immunisation for those aged 10 years and over, boosterdoses are not recommended, other than at time of injury, sincethey have been shown to be unnecessary and can cause considerablelocal reactions.² Sharp's recommendation that people shouldhave booster doses at 10 year intervals and that boosters shouldbe considered at five year intervals for athletes is now outof date.

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Sharp JCM. Infections in sport. BMJ 1994;308:1702-6. [Free Full Text]
Department of Health, Welsh Office, Scottish Home and Health Department, DHSS (Northern Ireland). Immunisation against infectious disease. London: HMSO, 1992:37-43.

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EDITOR, - The Department of Health's recommendation limitingthe number of doses of tetanus vaccine . . . [Full text of this article]

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