Name a type of transmissible disease that results in prions being found in neurologic tissue that can exist on surfaces in the OR
a. Whooping cough
b. Tuberculosis
c. Influenza
d. Creutzfeldt-Jakob
ANS: D
Patients with known or suspected transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and new variant CJD may deposit prions in the environment. Prions are proteins found in neurologic tissue and fluids that cause fatal neurodegenerative diseases in humans and animals.
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