Do you need tetanus if you cut your finger?

Finger was cut, do not want tetanus, clinically mainly depends on the degree of finger cut, if only the epidermis was cut, the wound is relatively shallow, this time only need to be disinfected, do not need tetanus. If the finger is cut deeply, such as cutting subcutaneous fat, even cutting muscle layer, even tendon damage, this time the wound is deep, easy to cause Clostridium tetanus to breed in the wound, after producing exotoxin, cause the patient to produce corresponding clinical symptoms, such wound suggested that the patient must seek medical treatment in time, wound disinfection, or even surgical suture, and then tetanus injection to prevent Clostridium tetanus infection.