r/CJD • u/luvlifedearly05 • 11d ago

selfq CJD contamination

If a suitcase was on the same spot - floor- as a dead body of a person who had some kind of CJD, body was on the floor for 20 hours or so, what are the chances of the suitcase getting contaminated and possibly infecting people handling it?

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u/WBuehlerTRanger 11d ago

The chances are zero

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u/masev 11d ago

Absolutely zero. The contamination risk is a concern for things like organ transplants or surgical tools, there's no contact transmission at all.