i am worried regarding the injection that our company doctor used while giving me anti tetanus vaccine?

Question

i was cut by a blade in the site construction of our office, im so worried about the injection that the doctor use in giving me the vaccine, because i just saw that his assistant gave it to him un-wrap already, im wondering if it is a new one..im so worried about it..

its me again, im just worried that if the injection is used already to other patients, i might get infected by the disease of the other person in which he used it..do you really think that the doctor would not use a new and sterile injection?

Answer 1

I am certain that the vaccine was ok. Tetanus vaccine comes in syringes that are pre-filled and with its own needle as well. She merely opened it and removed the guard on the needle and handed it to him. So don't worry you're fine. The injection site may get a knot under the skin but it usually goes away after a day or two. I work in a hospital Pharmacy and we supply the ER with the Tetanus Vaccine....so relax,

Answer 2

No the needle was sterile. Don't worry about it. They have to unwrap the needle to put the stuff in it before they give u the shot. I believe that they do this in another room so the needle phobics don't freak out while they're drawing the dosage into the needle for the shot.

Answer 3

I'm sure it was new, assistants usually open them for the Dr. or at a lot of offices they take the syringe and put the medication in it from a bigger bottle, that is what we do at the office that I work for with our tetanus shots.

Answer 4

the injections are disposable they are thrown away after you use them. once they are used they have no vaccine left inside so it is impossible to reuse the tetanus vaccine.

Answer 5

the nurse could have unwrapped it for him. or it could have been an empty unused syrine that was not prefilled so they had to fill it.