For further information on the TSE Guidelines, the ACDP Secretariat can be contacted at:

Health Protection Agency
ACDP Secretariat
Expert Advice Support Office
61 Colindale Avenue
London
NW9 5DF
easo@hpa.org.uk

Note for healthcare workers: Please make sure you seek advice locally regarding the infection control precautions to be taken for specific patients with or at risk of CJD before contacting the secretariat. Please note, the secretariat cannot provide clinical advice.

• Further information about ACDP including other ACDP publications
• Frequently asked questions
• Advice from the ACDP for abattoir workers processing Over Thirty Month (OTM) cattle born after 1 August 1996

• CJD Incidents Panel - information on the work of the CJD Incidents Panel and how to report a CJD incident
• DH CJD web pages - guidance on CJD in general, investigations into vCJD and the possible CJD link, and information about the work of the Department of Health's CJD policy unit
  
• DH Healthcare Associated Infections web pages - guidance on healthcare-associated infections
• Health and Safety Executive - HSE information and guidance on biological hazards at work
• DEFRA - information on BSE and other TSEs
  
• Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee
  

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