3. Dropless surgery
All your patients who've had cataract surgery know that there are multi-
ple drops needed for weeks to months after surgery to avoid such post-
operative complications as inflammation and infection. For many of
them, it's an expensive and hard-to-remember hassle to apply antibiotic
and steroid eye drops 3 or 4 times a day for weeks. The Laser and
Surgical Eye Center in Medford, Ore., is among the growing number of
facilities that have eliminated the need for patients to administer drops
before and after surgery. In so-called dropless surgery, the surgeon
injects a single compounded antibiotic-steroid formulation transzonular-
ly into the anterior vitreous after the IOL is in place.
"Our patients can avoid the hassles and high costs associated with
post-operative drop therapy," says Jessica Jones, RN, the center's sur-
gical director. The ben-
efits are many, she
says, including simpler
post-op care and less
cost to the patient and
insurer. Studies have
also shown that inject-
ing antibiotics into the
eye prevents eye infec-
tions better than
drops.
4. Pull supplies
for each case
The Kirk Eye Center in
Loveland, Colo., pulls
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