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Old 07-02-2015, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by mrsD View Post

Every once in a while you can see news articles of nvCJD passed to patients by wrongful reuse of instruments. nvCJD is the human name for prion disease.
I do see this from time to time in my job. I just worked on a trial this week where someone passed away from that condition. Very sad. There is nothing you can really do to stop it and generally they die within a few months or even weeks after diagnosis.
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