@article{092dab6d502746efb8c63cf519a994da,
title = "Video Conferencing in the Intravitreal Injection Clinic in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic",
abstract = "PURPOSE: To share a useful intervention to minimize risk of COVID-19 infection to both healthcare workers and patients in the eye clinic.METHODS: We present our experience of virtual, within-clinic remote visual acuity assessment to reduce the risk of infection with COVID-19.RESULTS: Along with standard recommendations for personal protective equipment and hand hygiene to contain viral spread and treating only urgent cases, remote within-clinic visual acuity testing and consultations can be undertaken with minimal specialist equipment and appears to provide useful information whilst being acceptable to patients.CONCLUSION: Ophthalmology practice must adapt in order to combat COVID-19. This measure can easily be incorporated into daily practice to reduce both patient footfall within the department and close contact between patient and healthcare practitioners.",
keywords = "COVID-19, Tele-ophthalmology, Visual acuity",
author = "Habiba Saedon and Gemma Gould and Minara Begum and Aslam, {Tariq M.}",
note = "Funding Information: No funding or sponsorship was received for this overview nor for the publication of this article. All named authors meet the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) criteria for authorship for this article, take responsibility for the integrity of the work as a whole, and have given their approval for this version to be published. Tariq M Aslam declares research grants, expert committees and advisory boards and lectures for Allergan, Novartis, Bayer, Bausch and Lomb, Oraya, Thea pharmaceuticals. None relevant to this article. Tariq M Aslam is also the Editor in Chief for this journal. Habiba Saedon declares consultancy and research for Novartis and Bayer. Gemma Gould and Minara Begum have nothing to disclose. Ethics committee approval was not required for this article. Informed consent was obtained by all participants. Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analysed during the current study. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, The Author(s). Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2020",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s40123-020-00262-w",
language = "English",
volume = "9",
pages = "1–6",
journal = "Ophthalmology and therapy",
issn = "2193-8245",
publisher = "Springer London",
}
