Effectiveness of a decontamination method for donor corneas

P. R. Badenoch; S. J. Alfrich; T. R. Wedding; D. J. Coster

doi:10.1136/bjo.72.3.225

Effectiveness of a decontamination method for donor corneas

P. R. Badenoch
, S. J. Alfrich
, T. R. Wedding
, D. J. Coster

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A retrospective study was made of the effectiveness of an eye bank decontamination and storage method. A comparison was made between microbial cultures taken from the limbus at enucleation and from scleral remnants recovered after surgery. Organisms were isolated from the limbus of 73% of donor eyes and from 4% of remnants. Standard eye bank procedures were found to eradicate gut and skin organisms, including Candida, from donor tissue.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	225-227
Number of pages	3
Journal	British Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume	72
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.72.3.225
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1988
Externally published	Yes

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