NR APPJ
AU Coquin,Y.
TI What problems do prion diseases pose for public authorities
QU Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses 1996; 26(NBIS): 292-4
PT Article
AB The hypothesis of nil risk leads to the risk of instrumental transmission during treatment. If it is accepted that the risk related to a biological product can never be completely nil then the instrument must be absolutely uncontaminated. However, in view of the resistance of these agents to various methods of disinfection/sterilization it seems neither realistic nor even possible uniformly to apply the drastic methods necessary to all materials and for all patients. It: is therefore necessary to define a basic risk which does not justify specific precautions and which is at most equal to the risk run by any individual of having the disease, i.e. in the order of 10(-7). With reference to this basic risk it is necessary to define, as a function of age, history, symptoms and the organ concerned, the subjects (or categories of subjects) at risk which will then dictate the specific treatment of materials used on them. The circular of 12 July 1994 concerning the risks of transmission of CJD during treatment indicates the specific methods recommended but it only suggested this analysis of risk. It has obviously been poorly understood and a more detailed circular should be sent out in a few weeks, taking into account the the remarks which have been made to us.
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SP französisch