TY - JOUR
T1 - COVID-19 and ophthalmology
T2 - An underappreciated occupational hazard
AU - Kuo, Irene C.
AU - O'Brien, Terrence P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1017/ice.2020.238
DO - 10.1017/ice.2020.238
M3 - Article
C2 - 32412403
AN - SCOPUS:85085356805
SN - 0899-823X
VL - 41
SP - 1207
EP - 1208
JO - Infection control and hospital epidemiology
JF - Infection control and hospital epidemiology
IS - 10
ER -