Personal protective equipment (PPE) for vitreoretinal surgery during COVID-19

Aman Chandra^{1

2}, Richard Haynes³, Michael Burdon^{4

5}, Alistair Laidlaw⁶, James Neffendorf⁶, Ian Eames⁷, Lyndon daCruz⁸, Richard W Lee^{9

10}, Stephen Charles¹¹, Peter Wilson¹², Andrew Dick^{13

14

15}, Declan Flanagan^{4

8}, David Yorston¹⁶, Melanie Hingorani^{4

8}, Louisa Wickham^{4

8}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Southend on Sea, UK. aman.chandra@southend.nhs.uk.
² Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London, UK. aman.chandra@southend.nhs.uk.
³ Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol, UK.
⁴ Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London, UK.
⁵ Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
⁶ Guys and St Thomas' Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁷ Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK.
⁸ Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.
¹⁰ NHS Nightingale Hospital, London, UK.
¹¹ Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester, UK.
¹² Department of Microbiology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
¹³ Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
¹⁴ UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.
¹⁵ National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK.
¹⁶ Gartnavel Hospital, Glasgow, UK.

Comment

Aman Chandra et al. Eye (Lond). 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;34(7):1196-1199.

doi: 10.1038/s41433-020-0948-3. Epub 2020 May 12.

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Southend on Sea, UK. aman.chandra@southend.nhs.uk.
² Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London, UK. aman.chandra@southend.nhs.uk.
³ Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol, UK.
⁴ Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London, UK.
⁵ Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
⁶ Guys and St Thomas' Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁷ Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK.
⁸ Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.
¹⁰ NHS Nightingale Hospital, London, UK.
¹¹ Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester, UK.
¹² Department of Microbiology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
¹³ Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
¹⁴ UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.
¹⁵ National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK.
¹⁶ Gartnavel Hospital, Glasgow, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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