Case Reports Transfusion Medicine 2017 Exercise 6:Protecting the Blood Supply From Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Risk(CSTM1706)

Intended Audience: Pathologists, Residents, Clinical Scientists, Laboratory Technologist/Scientist (Includes all sub-specialty areas), Students, Pathologist Assistants,  Laboratory Directors and Educators

Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:

• outline the epidemiology of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD);
• differentiate between the clinical presentation and diagnostic features of vCJD and sporadic CJD (sCJD);
• assess the eligibility of blood donors based on US Food and Drug Administration blood bank regulations designed to prevent transmission of vCJD; and
• compare biomedical products and transplanted tissues at greatest risk for transmission of vCJD with products/tissues that present minimal risk for transmission.