A client is admitted to the emergency department with a contaminated wound. The client is a poor historian, and the nurse realizes that it is impossible to determine whether the client is immunized against tetanus. Which medication does the nurse expect the health care provider to prescribe because it will produce passive immunity for several weeks with minimal danger of an allergic reaction?
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Tetanus toxoid
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Equine tetanus antitoxin
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Human tetanus antitoxin
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Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis vaccine