CDC says no patient has been known to get infections from surgical instruments since 2000 . 18 surgery patients received infections : They may have been exposed to Creutzfeldt - Jakob . The disease is a serious and incurable neurological disorder . Hospital says instruments used in a surgery did n't get the approved sterilization .
CDC says no one has been known to get CJD from surgical instruments since 1976 . 18 surgery patients getting news : They may have been exposed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob . The disease is a serious and incurable neurological disorder . Hospital says instruments used in a surgery did n't get the approved sterilization .