Tetanus toxoid is prescribed for a client who has sustained a foot laceration from a piece of metal while walking barefoot on the beach. The nurse understands that the toxoid is a(n):
1. Attenuated bacterium
2. Nonattenuated virus
3. Toxin produced by bacteria that has been altered so that it is no longer toxic
4. Specific antibody that will prevent infection through an antigen-antibody reaction
3
Rationale: Toxoids are toxins produced by bacteria that have been altered so that they are no longer toxic but their important antigenic receptor sites remain intact, enabling antibodies to be produced against the antigen-producing toxin. Therefore "attenuated bacterium," "nonattenuated virus," and "specific antibody that will prevent infection through an antigen-antibody reaction" are incorrect descriptions.
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