All India Ophthalmological Society - Eye Bank Association of India consensus statement on guidelines for cornea and eyebanking during COVID-19 era

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it the huge burden of mortality and morbidity across the world and the added effects of the mandatory lockdown measures to try and control the spread. A number of aspects of healthcare including eye donation and eye collection require adequate safety precaution...

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Published in:Indian journal of ophthalmology 2020-07, Vol.68 (7), p.1258-1262
Main Authors: Sharma, Namrata, D'Souza, Sharon, Nathawat, Rakhi, Sinha, Rajesh, Gokhale, Nikhil, Fogla, Rajesh, Titiyal, J, Maskati, Quresh, Mukherjee, Gobinda, Sachdev (Writing Committee), Mahipal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Banking industry
Banks
Betacoronavirus
Consensus
Control
Cornea
cornea guidelines
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - transmission
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 diagnostic tests
Disease transmission
Disease Transmission, Infectious - prevention & control
Epidemics
eye banking
Eye Banks - standards
Eye Infections, Viral - epidemiology
Eye Infections, Viral - prevention & control
Hospitals
Humans
India
India - epidemiology
Infections
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medical societies
Morbidity
Ophthalmologists
Ophthalmology
pandemic
Pandemics
Patients
Personal protective equipment
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - transmission
Practice
Practice guidelines (Medicine)
precautions
Preferred Practice
Quarantine
SARS-CoV-2
Societies, Medical
Sodium
Surgery
Tissue and Organ Procurement
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Summary:The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it the huge burden of mortality and morbidity across the world and the added effects of the mandatory lockdown measures to try and control the spread. A number of aspects of healthcare including eye donation and eye collection require adequate safety precautions in place to keep both the involved healthcare workers and patients safe. This paper highlights the consensus-based guidelines by an expert panel on how to restart eye banking and eye collection services and carry out emergency corneal surgeries during this COVID-19 time. These guidelines will be applicable to all eye banks across the country and should help ophthalmologists and eye banking staff to restart eye banking while safeguarding themselves and their patients.
ISSN:0301-4738
1998-3689
DOI:10.4103/ijo.IJO_1554_20