Emory Healthcare Sued for Patient's Possible Exposure to CJD

Emory Healthcare Sued for Patient's Possible Exposure to CJD

Emory University Hospital alerted more than 500 surgical patients that the instruments used may have been exposed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, or CJD. The hospital did not know that another patient was infected and did not carry out stricter sterilization procedures. The plaintiff worries that she may contract the disease, which could take years to detect because there are no tests for it. Daniel Yee, Houston Chronicle 03/29/2006 Read Article: Houston Chronicle