Cataract surgery guidelines for Post COVID-19 pandemic
This document provides guidance to assist re-opening of cataract services following the COVID lockdown
Our range of high-quality guidance helps to maintain standards in the planning, practice and commissioning of patient care. Our clinical guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations across all aspect of care or of eye conditions; Concise Practice Points make recommendations for less frequent and targeted clinical situations, succinctly describing the scientific and clinical evidence alongside expert input to enhance clinician and patient decision making. Our Commissioning guidance supports eye units to develop services to meet local population needs.
This document provides guidance to assist re-opening of cataract services following the COVID lockdown
Advice was given by both The College of Optometrists and The Royal College of Ophthalmologists to avoid the use of air puff tonometry in all clinical settings. This document provides a consensus on the risks of non-contact tonometry and advises suitable usage during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As we all restart our elective services and remodel them there are many challenges and new concerns as well as those which were particularly worrying during the peak of the pandemic. These pricniples provide a foundation for clinical teams to decide appropraite PPE for a breadth of ophthlamic procedures depending on the COVID risk of their pathways.
Developed in collaboration with the NHS, RCOphth and The College of Optometrists, CUES provides commissioning specification in the management of emergency eye care in the community, ensuring that access to care in the community is managed effectively and that only high-risk patients are appropriately referred into ophthalmology eye service.
Hydroxychloroquine is a medicine that is effective in treating various long-term inflammatory disorders of the joints and skin.
Hydroxychloroquine is a medicine that is effective in treating various long-term inflammatory disorders of the joints and skin.
Hydroxychloroquine is a medicine that is effective in treating various long-term inflammatory disorders of the joints and skin.
The aim of this document is to provide a framework for ophthalmic services to facilitate the administration of necessary and appropriate eye drops by unregistered health professionals to patients under the care of the ophthalmic department. It outlines how this is possible and legal within the currently legal and regulatory systems.
Covid 19 rapid advice and guidance regarding Immediate Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (ISBCS) and how ISBCS can be used to limit patient's exposure to the hospital environment