What is the effect of tetanus antitoxin injection?

Tetanus antitoxin should be injected into patients with deep wounds and serious contamination. This is because this drug contains specific antibodies that neutralize tetanus toxin. It is mainly used to prevent and treat tetanus. It is usually injected subcutaneously or intramuscularly. Subcutaneous injection is usually in deltoid muscle, intramuscular injection can be in deltoid muscle or gluteus maximus muscle. After tetanus injection, it is necessary to pay attention to the patient's vital signs, as well as local skin redness, erythema, rash, itching and other manifestations. Because tetanus antitoxin injection is easy to cause allergic reactions, in addition to the need to pay attention to prevent the injection site from being contaminated, resulting in infection.