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CE Home > Bioethic/Legal/Regulatory Issues > CE271-60 Mad Cow and New-Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Diseases
Advanced Practice Course Evidence Based Practice Course
CE271-60e · 1.0 hr
Mad Cow and New-Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Diseases
Authors: Kathleen McMahon, RN, MEd, MA, CHPN & Barbara Barzoloski-O’Connor, RN, MSN, CIC

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Objectives

The goal of this program is to present nurses with up-to-date information about bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease, and its human equivalent, new-variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). This program will also provide nurses with information from The Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event Alert on Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and explain the Alert’s recommendations that must be in place to attain compliance. After you study the information presented here, you will be able to —

  • Identify current methods to control the spread of BSE and vCJD into the U.S.
  • Discuss the prion as a new type of agent capable of causing infectious disease.
  • Discuss patient teaching and counseling needs related to BSE and vCJD.
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