Five patients who underwent surgery at a Cape Cod Hospital this summer may have been exposed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease after their surgeries were performed using the same potentially contaminated medical equipment found in a New Hampshire hospital , according to a statement released by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Thursday . Patients may have been exposed to Peter - Jakob disease , officials say . Possibly , medical equipment was used for patients ' surgery , officials say . The same equipment may have exposed eight patients in New Hampshire .
Patients may have been exposed to Peter - Jakob disease , officials say . Possibly , medical equipment was used for patients ' surgery , officials say . The same equipment may have exposed eight patients in New Hampshire .