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A craniotomy for biopsy was scheduled and the neurosurgeon advised the staff that the patient was being assessed for symptoms of ataxia and relatively sudden onset of dementia. Tumors and any other intracranial lesions had been ruled out by radiographic studies. The patient had lived in England approximately 10 years ago.
Why would this particular disease and surgical procedure be of special concern for the handling, decontaminating, or reprocessing of the instrumentation?
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Microbiology for Surgical Technologists (MindTap Course List)
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