Open AccessManagement of possible exposure to CJD through medical procedures
Author(s) -
Gordon V. Bryant
Publication year - 2001
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.05.41.01854-en
Subject(s) - medicine , officer , disease , health care , medical emergency , transmission (telecommunications) , family medicine , pathology , political science , law , electrical engineering , engineering
The Department of Health in the United Kingdom is seeking views on this consultation paper produced by the CJD Incidents Panel (1). This expert advisory group was set up in August 2000 by the chief medical officer to advise on issues relating to the possible transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and variant CJD from person to person through healthcare. Such CJD ‘incidents’ can arise when a patient found to have CJD has previously had surgery, or donated blood, organs, or tissues.