The original patient underwent brain surgery and then the disease was found through a number of tests afterward , she said . CDC says no one has been known to get CJD from surgical instruments since 1976 . Comment: 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 . Comment: The disease is a serious and incurable neurological disorder . Hospital says instruments used in a surgery did n't get the approved sterilization .