Prosector's Bane: Creutzfeldt-jakob Disease

Medical Examiners exact precautions with high risk casesAIDS and Hepatitis B can sometimes thrive in the deadest of placesBut there exists an abject malady far beyond the scope of theseThe currish blight of pathologists everywhere: Creutzfeldt-Jakob DiseaseCJD: a rare spongiform encephalopathyAs difficult to destroy as anything in the whole of biologyRapid, progressive dementia, an inexorable feature of the diseaseVacuolar brain reduced to a porous gray Swiss cheeseThis pernicious plague can enter your bloodstreamPercutaneosly through a penetrating injurySo double-glove and employ face shield protectionTo avoid contracting this insalubrious contagionMoldered brainProsector's baneOne in seven autopsies involvesMaladroit self injuries and dissection faux pasA slip of the scalpel, a scrape from a boneNegligence an epitaph etched on pathologist tombstonesCJD autopsy conducted entirely in situCorpse retained in a body bag to collect stray infected tissueGrume permeate sack bays the disease withinExcised organs placed in containers filled with phenol-saturated formalinInstruments and surfaces washed with 01 N sodium hydroxideUndiluted bleach swabs can prevent accidental cadaverous homicideAll surgical gowns and gloves are assumed contaminatedThey are transported to the basement and promptly incineratedThe autoclave: a prosector's trusted friendPre-Vacuum FaurForgeТЎ M7 with locking endsCranked to 134ТА C, where CJD quickly diesWe leave instruments inside for two hours at a timeAccidental self-contamination our fearWe conquer trepidation with our disinfection gearThe patron devil of pathology, thy title: CJDIts cruel epidemiology puts us all in jeopardyWe solemnly dedicate this dirge for the fallenWho selflessly plunged into infected revulsionTheir steadfast duty deserves our thanksSigned: TCME, Doctors Putnam, Radcliffe, and FairbanksCJDScourge of pathologyCalamitous scrapieCreutzfeldt-Jakob Disease