Since this topic has been asked about several times 
on Histonet, I thought I'd let people know that ASCP
"Laboratory Medicine", May 1999 has an article on
"Prions and Prion Diseases" written by Randal R.
Nixon, MD, Ph.D., from the Neuropathology Department of
Oregon Health Science University, Portland, Oregon.
(pages 335-338)

In the same journal, Joseph P. Rank, MD, surgical 
pathologist with Laboratory Medicine Consultants has 
written an answer to a question submitted to the "Q&A" 
section on "How can histotechs protect themselves from 
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease?". (pages 305-306)

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Peggy A. Wenk, HTL(ASCP)
William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI 48073