Hello, I am working as a nurse and I cutted myself in the hospital 4 days ago and I am not vaccinated against Tetanus, toda, I got the vaccination shot. So my question is if a person is infected with tetanus and gets the vaccination in 4-5 days will the person have a problem with the virus or will the vaccination help to prevent a outbrake? Help!

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