Profile of ocular trauma in industries-related hospital

Ocular trauma is a worldwide cause of visual morbidity, a significant proportion of which occurs in the industrial workplace and includes a spectrum of simple ocular surface foreign bodies, abrasions to devastating perforating injuries causing blindness. Being preventable is of social and medical co...

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Published in:Indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2013-08, Vol.17 (2), p.66-70
Main Authors: Shashikala, P, Sadiqulla, Mohammed, Shivakumar, D, Prakash, K H
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Ocular trauma is a worldwide cause of visual morbidity, a significant proportion of which occurs in the industrial workplace and includes a spectrum of simple ocular surface foreign bodies, abrasions to devastating perforating injuries causing blindness. Being preventable is of social and medical concern. A prospective case series study, to know the profile of ocular trauma at a hospital caters exclusively to factory employees and their families, to co-relate their demographic and clinical profile and to identify the risk factors. Targeting groups most at risk, providing effective eye protection, and developing workplace safety cultures may together reduce occupational eye injuries.
ISSN:0973-2284
1998-3670
DOI:10.4103/00195278.123168