Iron scratches generally need to play tetanus antitoxin or tetanus immunoglobulin, unless the wound is shallow, no bleeding, or only minor scratches.
1. Iron scratches, shallow wounds, only minor scratches, no obvious bleeding, this time to be hydrogen peroxide, saline, povidone-iodine and other cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of the treatment of topical mupirocin ointment, generally do not play tetanus antitoxin or tetanus immunoglobulin.
2. Iron scratches, if the iron is rusty or with other pollutants, the wound is deeper or larger, in order to prevent the wound from being infected with tetanus, you need to inject tetanus antitoxin or tetanus immunoglobulin in time, and the wound also needs to be disinfected, sterilized and so on.
If you have an iron wound, you should go to the hospital and get a tetanus shot according to the hospital’s opinion. For allergy sufferers, it is recommended to take tetanus immunoglobulin or desensitization treatment before taking tetanus antitoxin.