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COVID-19 and ophthalmology: an underappreciated occupational hazard.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Oct; 41(10):1207-1208.IC

Abstract

The proximity required of a thorough biomicroscopic slit-lamp examination may put ophthalmologists at increased risk for respiratory-borne infection with SARS-CoV-2. Conjunctivitis has been described in a few patients with COVID-19 and other coronavirus syndromes. Although SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in the conjunctival secretions or tears of patients with COVID-19 and conjunctivitis, transmission of infection through respiratory droplets to ophthalmologists without eye protection or masks may be the bigger concern.

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Kuo IC
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
O'Brien TP
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.

MeSH

BetacoronavirusCOVID-19Conjunctivitis, ViralCoronavirus InfectionsHumansInfectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-ProfessionalOccupational ExposureOphthalmologyPandemicsPersonal Protective EquipmentPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

32412403

Citation

Kuo, Irene C., and Terrence P. O'Brien. "COVID-19 and Ophthalmology: an Underappreciated Occupational Hazard." Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 41, no. 10, 2020, pp. 1207-1208.
Kuo IC, O'Brien TP. COVID-19 and ophthalmology: an underappreciated occupational hazard. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020;41(10):1207-1208.
Kuo, I. C., & O'Brien, T. P. (2020). COVID-19 and ophthalmology: an underappreciated occupational hazard. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 41(10), 1207-1208. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.238
Kuo IC, O'Brien TP. COVID-19 and Ophthalmology: an Underappreciated Occupational Hazard. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020;41(10):1207-1208. PubMed PMID: 32412403.
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