Was Accidentally Administered 2 Tdap Vaccines 1 Month Apart Instead Of 1 Tdap And 1 Td. Do I Need To Be Concerned?

Posted on Fri, 12 Apr 2013

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Question : I am an adult health care student who was not vaccinated as a child. I require the series for tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis for school. I was accidentallt administered 2 tdap vaccines 1 month apart instead of 1 tdap and 1 Td. Do I need to be concerned?

Answered by Dr. Y V Siva Sankara Murty (31 minutes later)

Hi,

Thanks for writing to health care magic.

Do not worry about that.

Normally no problems occur with such a accidental administration.

Hope this helps.
Take care.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar