Health Professionals:
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)

Information about reporting of cases by health care providers, infection control precautions, and autopsy coordination services.

Reporting CJD

Healthcare providers are required to report all confirmed or suspected cases of human transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE), including CJD, to the Minnesota Department of Health.

• Reporting Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy
  Find out what needs to be reported and which forms to use.

Infection control precautions

• CDC: CJD Infection Control
• CDC: CJD Information for Funeral and Crematory Practitioners
   
• WHO infection control guidelines for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
  Report of a WHO consultation, Geneva, Switzerland, 23-26 March 1999.

Autopsy coordination

• National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center
  An autopsy is the only way to confirm the diagnosis of CJD and to determine the type of CJD. The National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center may be available to coordinate autopsies free of charge.

See also>> Health Care Provider Information on TSEs 
Information about reporting disease, national disease surveillance, and infection control precautions.