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Review
. 2020 Jul;68(7):1258-1262.
doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1554_20.

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

Namrata Sharma  1 , Sharon D'Souza  2 , Rakhi Nathawat  3 , Rajesh Sinha  4 , Nikhil S Gokhale  5 , Rajesh Fogla  6 , J S Titiyal  7 , Quresh B Maskati  8 , Gobinda Mukherjee  9 , Mahipal S Sachdev Writing Committee  10 ; Composition of the All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS)- Eye Bank Association of India (EBAI) Expert Group for COVID-19 Practice Guidelines for Cornea and Eyebanking includes the Writing Committee (as listed) and the following members - in alphabetical order: Arun Kumar Jain -Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh; Atul Kapoor - Sightlife, New Delhi; Geetha Iyer- Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai; Hemant Kumar - Abhinav Drishti Eye Hospital, Lucknow; Himanshu Matalia - Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore; Hitendra Ahooja - Ahooja Eye and Dental Institute, Gurugram; J.K.S. Parihar - Centre for Sight, New Delhi; Jnanankar Medhi - The Retina Centre, Guwahati, Assam; Mandeep Jot Singh - Centre for Sight, New Delhi; Manisha Acharya - Dr. Shroff Charity Eye Hospital, New Delhi; Nilesh Mohan - Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Igims, Patna; Paras Mehta - Sameep Eye Hospital & Corneal Centre, Vadodara; Prafulla Maharana - Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India; Praveen K. Vadavalli - LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad; Promila Gupta - National Programme for Control of Blindness; Radhika Tandon - Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India; Rajib Mukherjee - Mukherjee Eye Clinic, New Delhi; Rajiv Garg - Directorate General of Health Services; Rakesh Shah- Swaraashi Netralaya, Thane; Rishi Mohan - MM Eyetech Institute, New Delhi; Ritika Sachdev - Centre for Sight, New Delhi; Ritu Arora - Guru Nanak Eye Centre, New Delhi; Samar Basak -Disha Eye Hospital, Barrackpore; Shakeen Singh - Sri Guru Ram Das Hospital, Amritsar, Punjab; Srinivas K Rao - Darshan Eye Care, Chennai; Sujata Das - L.V.Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneshwar; Sunita Chaurasia - L.V.Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad; Swati Tomar - Swanetra Eye Hospital, Jaipur; Vikas Mittal - LJ Eye Institute, Ambala
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All India Ophthalmological Society - Eye Bank Association of India consensus statement on guidelines for cornea and eyebanking during COVID-19 era

Namrata Sharma et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: COVID-19; Consensus; cornea guidelines; eye banking; ophthalmology; pandemic; precautions; preferred practice.

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Algorithm to follow for Deceased Tissue Donation
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Sequence for safely putting on and removing PPE
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