Research recommendations coming out of this guidance NICE may update this guidance after 3 years or sooner if important new information becomes available, including evidence on: the epidemiology of CJD, including data on the prevalence of CJD and its infectivity in the UK population the transmission of CJD by surgical instruments, including cases of CJD in which surgery is a possible route of transmission the cost effectiveness of single-use instruments for use in interventional procedures on high-risk tissues commercially available decontmination methods that are safe and cost effective against prions the systems for, and cost effectiveness of, maintaining set integrity and traceability of instruments.
NICE may update this guidance after 3 years or sooner if important new information becomes available, including evidence on: the epidemiology of CJD, including data on the prevalence of CJD and its infectivity in the UK population the transmission of CJD by surgical instruments, including cases of CJD in which surgery is a possible route of transmission the cost effectiveness of single-use instruments for use in interventional procedures on high-risk tissues commercially available decontmination methods that are safe and cost effective against prions the systems for, and cost effectiveness of, maintaining set integrity and traceability of instruments.