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Risk of Transmission of Creutzfeltd-Jakob Disease by Contaminated Surgical Instruments
April 1, 2013 (updated, February, 2015) — In October, 2000, a hospital reported that last spring as many as 8 patients may have been infected with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, or “CJD,”…