my nephew 3+, has cut himself with a rusted knife, just scratch and little bleeding, given savlon, he has been given DPT earlier and his next dpt dose is when he will be four year. He has not been given any tt now but doctor recommended antibiotic flucloxacillin, his mother is confused. Need your suggestion .
Hi, welcome to Chat Doctor. Since your child immunization is complete for age and though the knife was rusted, the scratch and bleeding was little, there is no need of giving tetanus injection. Whenever a wound occurs, there are increased chances of staphylococcal infection, so child should be given cover of antibiotics like oxacillin. So, you should continue the antibiotic for at least 3 days. I hope this has helped you. Take care. Regards - Chat Doctor. 