Society guideline links: Tetanus infection

Introduction — 

This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccination".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Protecting all against tetanus – Guide to sustaining maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination (MNTE) and broadening tetanus protection for all (2019)

●WHO: Position paper on tetanus vaccines (2017)

Canada

●Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Tetanus (2023)

●PHAC: Canadian Immunization Guide – Tetanus toxoid (2014)

United States

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book (2024)

•Tetanus (lockjaw)

•Wound care and tetanus prophylaxis

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Yellow Book 2024 – Health Information for International Travel: Tetanus (published 2023)

●CDC: Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases ("The Pink Book") – Tetanus (2021)

United Kingdom

●UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA): The Green Book – Immunisation against infectious disease: Tetanus (2013, updated 2022)

Australia–New Zealand

●Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI): The Australian Immunisation Handbook – Tetanus (2023)

●Immunisation Advisory Centre (IAC): Guidelines for the management of tetanus-prone wounds (2021)