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COVID-19 and ophthalmology: an underappreciated occupational hazard #MMPMID32412403
Kuo IC; O'Brien TP
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2020[Oct]; 41 (10): 1207-1208 PMID32412403show ga
The proximity required of a thorough biomicroscopic slit-lamp examination may put ophthalmologists at increased risk for respiratory-borne infection with SARS-CoV-2. Conjunctivitis has been described in a few patients with COVID-19 and other coronavirus syndromes. Although SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in the conjunctival secretions or tears of patients with COVID-19 and conjunctivitis, transmission of infection through respiratory droplets to ophthalmologists without eye protection or masks may be the bigger concern.