| Tetanus toxoid is available in both vaccine fluid and alum-precipitated preparations. |
| Because it provides long-lasting protection and relative safety in humans, tetanus toxoid has proved to be an ideal vaccine. |
| Grossly contaminated wounds containing devitalised tissue are at risk of infection with Clostridium tetani, and antitetanus serum and tetanus toxoid should be available. |
| Active immunization by vaccination with tetanus toxoid is now usual in childhood, along with diphtheria and whooping cough vaccines. |
| A toxin which has lost its poisonous property, its toxophore group, is spoken of as a toxoid. |
| It is important to ascertain the number of doses of toxoid previously given and the interval since the last dose. |
