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The part about the possibility of contracting these from your doctor's equipment when you go in for an eye exam is truly scary: "Undiagnosed CJD patients may s
by arbuge 8y ago
The part about the possibility of contracting these from your doctor's equipment when you go in for an eye exam is truly scary:
"Undiagnosed CJD patients may seek testing. And the diagnostic equipment used to test them may then become contaminated, the authors write. They recommend single-use instruments or the adoption of new decontamination procedures for opthalmological equipment with better effectiveness on prions."
- rladd 8y agoThe fear of contracting something from equipment is one reason why I go to an eye doctor who uses contactless air-puff glaucoma diagnostic machines rather than the older style which touches the eye. In my last several visits, nothing has touched my eye at all.