The following information may be of help if you wish to order the CDC
manual for biosafety.  I'm glad to see that people are interested----it is
great and answers many questions for all of us.

	Pam Dilbeck
	Immunohistochemistry Section
	Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 09:25:39 -0500
From: Surgipath Medical / QC <surgamy@mc.net>
To: Pam M. Dilbeck <pmd@vetmed.wsu.edu>
Subject: Re: Creutzfeldt-Jakob 

I tried to get this publication with the information provided, however, the
phone number is just an answering service and if you do not have the number
of the person you wish to talk to, you will listen to a recording all day.
I have obtained the number and mailing address for this publication, which
is as follows:

(202)512-1800
Superintendent of Documents
P.O. Box 371945
Pittsburg, PA 15250
price is $12.00
include document #017-040-00547-4

Sue Burgdorf

----- Original Message -----
From: Pam M. Dilbeck <pmd@vetmed.wsu.edu>
To: <Cgs001@aol.com>
Cc: <histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: Creutzfeldt-Jakob


> FYI--the 4th edition of the CDC.NIH manual: Biosafety in Micbiological and
> Biomedical Latoratories (if you'd like a copy contact the Government
> Printing Office at (202) 257-3318, or write to : Superintendent of
> Documents, U.S. GPO, Washington, D.C. 2042) (the stock number is
> 017-040-00547-4) now recommends  waste be autoclaved at 132 C for 4.5
> hours or incinerated.
>
>
> On Fri, 21 Apr 2000 Cgs001@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Fellow histologists: recently someone had asked about CJD and how to
> > decontaminate after it...PLEASE be careful...."It represents an extra
danger,
> > however, because it remains infectious even after treatment with most
> > detergents, formalin, tissue processing to paraffin blocks, or agents
that
> > degrade DNA or RNA. This agent can be inactivated by phenol, by 5.0%
sodium
> > hypochlorite (CLOROX bleach-full strength) and by autoclaving at 121
degree
> > centigrade and 20 psi for 60 minutes. Some researchers believe similar
agents
> > may remain infective even after the above treatment." CJD is a prion. it
is
> > not alive but lives on...... (the quote was taken from a lecture at NSH
> > meeting 1999 by Jerry Fredenburgh/ Richard Allen Scientific.
> >
> >
>
> Pam Dilbeck
> Immunohistochemistry Section
> Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
>
>
>