Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) Information for Health Care Providers

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

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Reporting TSE
National prion laboratory and autopsy coordination
Infection control precautions

Reporting TSE

Healthcare providers are required to report to the Minnesota Department of Health all confirmed or suspected cases of human TSEs.

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

National prion laboratory and autopsy coordination

• National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center
  Laboratory services for the diagnosis of prion diseases.
  
  
• Protocols: Coordinating Autopsies at The 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.

Infection control precautions

• WHO infection control guidelines for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
  WHO; Infection Control of TSEs. Report of a WHO consultation, Geneva, Switzerland, 23-26 March 1999.
  
  

See also>> Health Care Provider Information on CJD
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