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. 2022 Feb;70(2):362-368.
doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_94_22.

All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) Task Force guidelines to prevent intraocular infections and cluster outbreaks after cataract surgery

Lalit Verma  1 , Aniruddha Agarwal  2 , Vivek Pravin Dave  3 , Santosh G Honavar  4 , Ajit Babu Majji  4 , Ashish Lall  5 , Ashish Mahobia  6 , Ashok Kumar Grover  7 , Avnindra Gupta  1 , Cyrus Shroff  8 , Dinesh Talwar  1 , M S Ravindra  9 , Mallika Goyal  10 , Namrata Sharma  11 , Paritosh A Kamdar  12 , Pramod Bhende  13 , Preetam Samant  14 , Pukhraj Rishi  15 , R D Ravindran  16 , Raja Narayanan  3 , Rajesh Sinha  11 , Rajiv Reddy Pappuru  3 , S Sasi Kumar  17 , V R Saravanan  16 , Tatyarao P Lahane  18 , Uday Gajiwala  19 , Venkatesh Pradeep  11
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All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) Task Force guidelines to prevent intraocular infections and cluster outbreaks after cataract surgery

Lalit Verma et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2022 Feb.

Abstract

Infectious endophthalmitis is a serious and vision-threatening complication of commonly performed intraocular surgeries such as cataract surgery. The occurrence of endophthalmitis can result in severe damage to the uveal and other ocular tissues even among patients undergoing an uncomplicated surgical procedure. If the infections result from common factors such as surgical supplies, operative or operation theater-related risks, there can be a cluster outbreak of toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS) or infectious endophthalmitis, leading to several patients having an undesirable outcome. Since prevention of intraocular infections is of paramount importance to ophthalmic surgeons, the All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) has taken the lead in the formation of a National Task Force to help ophthalmic surgeons apply certain universal precautions in their clinical practice. The Task Force has prepared a handy checklist and evidence-based guidelines to minimize the risk of infectious endophthalmitis following cataract surgery.

Keywords: Cataract Surgery; cluster infection; endophthalmitis; guidelines; infection; prevention.

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Cluster outbreak of infectious endophthalmitis after cataract surgery. (a) Hypopyon due to infectious endophthalmitis in a patient after uncomplicated phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation. (b) Resolution after pars plana vitrectomy with intravitreal antibiotics
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