Section 690.362  Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) (all laboratory confirmed and probable cases) (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile or electronically within 7 days after confirmation of the disease)

a)         Control of Case.

1)         Standard Precautions shall be followed.

2)         Material contaminated or infected with prions requires laboratory Biosafety Level 2 containment.

3)         Prions are highly resistant to standard disinfection and sterilization procedures. See disinfection procedures in Section 690.1010(b).

4)         Direct contact with all potentially contaminated organ or tissue samples, especially cerebrospinal fluid, and waste should be avoided. It is recommended not to reuse potentially contaminated instruments, including, but not limited to, surgical equipment, specimen containers, knives, blades, cutting boards, and centrifuge tubes. 

5)         An autopsy or biopsy of the brain should be performed to confirm suspected cases.

b)         Control of Contacts.  No restrictions.

c)         Laboratory Reporting.  Laboratories shall report to the local health authority all patients who have a positive result on any laboratory test indicative of and specific for detecting Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.  Laboratories shall forward clinical materials from patients suspected of having CJD to the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center.

(Source:  Added at 32 Ill. Reg. 3777, effective March 3, 2008)