The staple of the stapler stuck in the hand, do you need tetanus

Stapled by a stapler’s nail to the hand, it is generally recommended for safety reasons to inject tetanus antitoxin, usually recommended within 24 hours the sooner the better, it is generally recommended that the best within 12 hours, go to the emergency surgery department of a public hospital. The clinical probability of this infection tetanus, although low, but the consequences are serious, in essence, recognized that there is a broken skin trauma, bleeding may be infected with tetanus, not only rusty items, especially if the stabbing is relatively deep and the point of entry is relatively small. In addition, if you have missed 24 hours also do not have to be too nervous, is the main observation of the presence of muscle spasms, tetanus the first symptoms are generally the appearance of difficulty opening the mouth, if there is a similar situation please immediately to the emergency surgery or general surgery face to face.