تلخیص
Purpose: To determine the risk of ocular infections due to topical multi-dose
anaesthetic eye drops in patients one month after opening the bottle.
Study Design: Quasi experimental study.
Place and duration of study: Department of Ophthalmology DHQ Teaching
Hospital, Gujranwala from 22nd May 2018 to 22nd June 2018.
Materials and Methods: In this study topical anaesthetic eye drops containing
proparacaine hydrochloride 0.5% as main ingredient and benzalkonium choride
as preservative (Alcaine®) were tested daily to see if any bacterial/fungal growth
occurs in the bottle containing eye drops or not. Same bottle was used in
patients presenting in outdoor and indoor departments. Samples taken from the
bottle contents were cultured on different media to see growth of fungi or
bacteria. Patients who already had keratitis, conjunctivitis, corneal opacities, thin
corneas and having dry eyes which were prone to get infected were excluded
from this study.
Results: There were 60 patients included in our study and they were divided in
two groups. Group A included those who presented in the outdoor department
and group B comprised of those admitted for various operative procedures.
There were 30 patients in each group. All patients were adults (18-60 years).
After 1 month of daily culturing on agar plates, no micro-organism growth was
seen in both groups.
Conclusion: Topical anaesthetic eye drops can be used safely for 1 month in
different patients after opening the bottle without any risk of causing infectious
keratitis, conjunctivitis or endophthalmitis.
Mehr-un-Nisa, Irfan Qayyum Malik, Muhammad Wasif Irshad. (2019) To Study the Safety of Multi-dose Topical Anaesthetic Eye Drops For One Month after Opening, Pakistan Journal of Ophthalmology, Volume 35, Issue 3.
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