Practice pattern of cataract surgeons when operating on seropositive patients.
Adult
Aged
Antibodies, Viral
/ analysis
Blood-Borne Pathogens
Cataract Extraction
/ methods
Female
Humans
India
/ epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Needlestick Injuries
/ epidemiology
Ophthalmologists
/ standards
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
/ standards
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Virus Diseases
/ epidemiology
Viruses
/ immunology
Blood-borne viral infections
cataract
practice pattern
Journal
Indian journal of ophthalmology
ISSN: 1998-3689
Titre abrégé: Indian J Ophthalmol
Pays: India
ID NLM: 0405376
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 2019
03 2019
Historique:
entrez:
20
2
2019
pubmed:
20
2
2019
medline:
15
6
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The aim of this study is to know practice pattern of cataract surgeons when operating on patients, positive for blood-borne viral infections (BBVIs), namely, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus. We also studied their awareness, knowledge, and attitude toward universal precautions and guidelines. The telephonic survey enrolled practicing cataract surgeons, who were interviewed to record responses pertaining to their practice using an open-ended questionnaire. We studied statistical significance of difference of frequency of prick injuries in topical versus peribulbar anesthesia, and phacoemulsification versus manual small incision cataract surgery by employing Chi-square test. Significance of proportion was calculated using z-test. For all statistical calculations, significance level was set at 0.05%. Of 623 ophthalmologists contacted, responses of 479 (79%) ophthalmologists were analyzed. Maximum participants were in private practice (48%). During whole practicing carrier, 313 (65%; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 61-70) participants admitted having suffered injury with needle or sharp instruments; of these, 204 (65%; 95% CI: 60-70) participants did not report their injury. Wearing "double gloves" during cataract surgery was the most common barrier adopted by participants. We found high prevalence of occupational-related sharp injuries among ophthalmologists in this survey. Majority of them were aware of universal precautions, but adherence to postexposure prophylaxis was lacking.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30777948
pii: IndianJOphthalmol_2019_67_3_335_252412
doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1437_18
pmc: PMC6407377
doi:
Substances chimiques
Antibodies, Viral
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
335-339Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentIn
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
None
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