Microbial Contamination of Donor Eyes
- 1 October 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 100 (10) , 1611-1613
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1982.01030040589006
Abstract
• The culture results of 4,167 donor eyes received over a two-year period are evaluated. Irrigation of the cornea and conjunctiva with 20 mL of sterile saline prior to enucleation decreased the incidence of bacterial contamination to 12.4%. The major contaminant is Staphylococcus epidermidis (66.4%). The incidence of endophthalmitis in the 1,880 corneal transplants performed during this time was 0.1%. The significance of irrigation and antibiotic use in processing donor corneas is discussed.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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