The patient presents to the urgent care clinic with a hand laceration sustained while using pruning shears in the garden. Which vaccine is most important for this patient?

Tetanus toxoid. It is vital that patients who have open wounds be up to date on the tetanus toxoid vaccine. Once the patient’s risk for tetanus has been addressed, the nurse can check the status of other vaccines such as the hepatitis series, MMR vaccine, and HPV vaccine.

The patient presents to the urgent care clinic with a hand lacera...

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