The title of the show I'm cataloging (an old Horizon doc about Voyager 2) is called Uranus Encounter.

Ahahahahahaha!!!

If a person were so foolish as to forget there was broken glass in the kitchen trash can and therefore acquire a small but persistently bleedy cut in her hand (specifically, the part of the palm that moves when you waggle your thumb), how worried should she be about it? The bleeding actually finally stopped while I was typing this, ten minutes or so after the injury, but it still stings like hell. Is my tetanus booster still valid after eight years?

Off to try to properly sterilize and bandage this thing. Not a spot they make bandaids for, so could be a challenge...

Is my tetanus booster still valid after eight years?

They're good for 10 years. Also, once you clean it (peroxide or alcohol) and put neosporin and a band-aid on it (if it's conducive to a band-aid; that part of the palm may move too much to keep a band-aid on), you should be fine.

t edit Do you know, I typed all that out without even reading the last sentence of your post, where you clearly state that a band-aid might not work. Duhhhhhh.

Tetanus wouldn't be a danger unless the glass bit had rusty metal attached, would it?

Band-Aid makes these Advanced Healing Bandage thingies that are fantastic for otherwise impossible-to-band-aid places, like heels and palms. And they really work, too, much better than a regular band-aid.

Tetanus wouldn't be a danger unless the glass bit had rusty metal attached, would it?

I dunno. I just know I had to get a booster at 16 when I cut my foot swimming in a river, even though that was on wood, because of general concerns about the germiness of the river. I figured the same would apply to the contents of kitchen trash.

I figured out a way to make a bandaid work, so at least I have a semi-functional hand, and fortunately it's my left. But I'm afraid the people I'm cooking a meal for from my church will have to make do without my chocolate chip pumpkin bread, and I'm glad the soup I'm giving them is already in the crockpot.

The reason nail holes are a problem is that they're deep and thus not exposed to air, not because of the metal itself.

The Advanced Healing Bandages are amazing and they stay on forever. Regular bandaids take one look at me, then curl up and crawl away to die. Target and Walgreens both sell knockoffs now.

It still stings like hell, and the whole hand kinda hurts. Is that normal?

It's a fairly deep cut, but more like a knife slice than a nail puncture. I'm assuming that's why it was slow to clot--the depth, and the sharpness of the object.

That's normal, Susan. There are more nerves in the hand, plus you keep moving the wound, which keeps it from scabbing well.