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Tetanus vaccine shortage causing problems in the United States.
2003 OCT 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A shortage of tetanus vaccines in the United States is causing problems for emergency departments.
"The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the tetanus immunization shortage on emergency departments and the emergency physicians' understanding of the prioritization of persons needing tetanus immunization," scientists in the United States report.
"A survey consisting of questions about knowledge of the tetanus shortage, prioritization of immunizations, incidence of tetanus infections, and understanding of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations was mailed to a random sample 20% of the U.S. emergency department medical directors," said Leslie S. Zun and Lavonne Downey at the Chicago Medical School. "The results of the survey were input into the SPSS program (SPSS, version 10, Chicago, IL). The survey was returned by 618 of the 1,375 (44.9%) ED medical directors in the United States."
"Almost all (97.2%, 601 of 617) were notified about the tetanus shortage and 58.3% (360 of 617) reported a shortage," stated Zun and Downey. "A total of 42.2% (199 of 472) gave tetanus toxoid (TT), instead of tetanus and diphtheria toxoids adult type (dT) when indicated. Only 11.6% of those surveyed (56 of 482) established a patient callback system. ...
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