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The same precautions you would take next to any patients blood exposure. All patients should be treated with wide-ranging precautions when blood or bodily fluid is involved because you don't know who has a disease that hasn't be identified or diagnosed yet.

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All instruments, after surgery, are sterilized (unless they're single use instruments). The with the sole purpose instruments that need special handling and precautions are those used on patients near known or suspected CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease).

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