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Dispense Dilating
Drops With Precision
A
ll it takes is one
small interruption to
make a pre-op nurse
who's administering dilating
drops to a cataract patient for-
get which drop she was dis-
pensing. "Oh, no! Which drop
was I on?" We came up with a
simple solution to keep the 6
bottles of eye drops straight.
• Buy a few plastic rectangu-
lar boxes like the one in the
photos from a stationery
store.
• Tape a numbered (1-6) list
of your dilating drops to the
outside of the plastic box.
• Fit a piece of blue foam
inside the box.
• Next, remove the foam
and cut 12 facing holes out of
the foam so that the 6 dropper
bottles can stand upright (the
first 3 drops are for YAG laser
z FOAM INSERT Here's an innovative
way to organize your dilating drops as
you dispense them so you never forget
at which bottle you left off.
