Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
On February 11, 2014, Forsyth Medical Center reported to 18 patients who underwent neurosurgery that they may have been exposed to Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease from improperly sterilized surgical instruments. The CDC and hospital officials say that the chances of the patients contracting the disease is rare, since Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease hasn't been contracted from improperly sterilized instruments since 1976.