If it's any help, below is the reply I got when I asked the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens whether we could analyse CJD blood/CSF samples in a routine clinical lab. I also got the same advice from the MRC Prion Unit at UCL and the clinical lab at the National Hospital for Neurology.
Tanya
Tanya Hart PhD FRCPath
Principal Clinical Scientist
Department of Clinical Biochemistry
Poole and Royal Bournemouth Hospitals
From: Katy Sinka
Sent: 12 December 2017 13:00
To: Hart, Tanya
Subject: FW: TSE guidance query
Dear Tanya,
Thank you for your enquiry and with apologies for the delayed response.
I have spoken to Alison Green at the National CJD Research and Surveillance Unit in Edinburgh, who leads the national and international diagnostic service for the analysis of CSF.
The answer to your query beneath is “yes”. But the advice would be to do bench work on a disposable tray, so that in the case of spillage the tray can be destroyed and the bench
Itself is not affected.
I have copied Alison into this reply in case there are further queries.
With best wishes
Katy
Katy Sinka, PhD
CJD Lead | Infections and drug use | HIV & STI surveillance data outputs
National Infections Service
Public Health England
Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control
61 Colindale Avenue,
London, NW9 5EQ
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