handpiece for removing the cortex after every
surgery, for example, would be cost-prohibi-
tive.
3. The potential causes keep expand-
ing.
Insufficient cleaning and sterilization of
instruments might be the most common
cause of TASS, but it's not the only one.
"We're finding that the causes go much
beyond sterilization methods in the OR," says
Dr. Lee. "It's not just cleaning and care of surgi-
cal instruments. It can be from medications, sur-
gical drapes and medical devices such as oph-
thalmic viscoelastic agents (OVDs), even
intraocular lenses. And there are cases whereas
before it wouldn't have been reported as TASS,
now we're identifying it as TASS."
4. You can confidentially report TASS
incidents.
The ASCRS TASS Task Force
maintains an online TASS registry
(ascrs.org/tass-registry) where you can vol-
untarily and confidentially report incidences.
The task force uses this information "for iden-
tifying potential causes and risk factors of
TASS; and educating the ophthalmic commu-
nity regarding such risk factors."
The task force periodically releases reports
describing the trends it's identified from the
collected incidences. It'll also analyze your
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