Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)

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Avoid Spreading Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)

To reduce the already very low risk of CJD transmission from one person to another, people should never donate blood, tissues, or organs if they have suspected or confirmed CJD, or if they are at increased risk because of a family history of the disease, a dura mater graft, or other factor.

Normal sterilization procedures such as cooking, washing, and boiling do not destroy prions. Caregivers, health care workers, and undertakers should take the following precautions when they are working with a person with CJD:

1) Wash hands and exposed skin before eating, drinking, or smoking.
2) Cover cuts and abrasions with waterproof dressings.
3) Wear surgical gloves when handling a patient's tissues and fluids or dressing the patient's wounds.
4) Avoid cutting or sticking themselves with instruments contaminated by the patient's blood or other tissues.
5) Use face protection if there is a risk of splashing contaminated material such as blood or cerebrospinal fluid.
6) Soak instruments that have come in contact with the patient in undiluted chlorine bleach for an hour or more, then use an autoclave (pressure cooker) to sterilize them in distilled water for at least one hour at 132 - 134 degrees centigrade.

Fact sheets listing additional precautions for healthcare workers and morticians are available from the NINDS and the World Health Organization.

References:
www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/cjd/detail_cjd.htm

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