EyeSustain Archives

The EyeSustain Task Force on Electronic Instructions for Use (e-IFU) position paper and recommendations

This column discussed exchanging physical IFU in ophthalmic surgical packaging for e-IFU, as presented in the joint position paper on the use of e-IFU released by EyeSustain, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, ASCRS, and the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons.

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March 25, 2024

ASCRS News / December 2023 / EW issues / EyeWorld articles

Drug waste and how physicians can move the needle at their institutions

Two physicians provided practical steps ophthalmologists can take to change perioperative eye drop multidosing protocols at their own institutions and operating rooms.

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December 11, 2023

ASCRS News / EW issues / EyeWorld articles / September 2023

Eliminating operating room waste: A paradigm-altering global movement among ophthalmologists

Two surveys sought the opinions of surgeons and operating room staff on global warming and surgical waste. In this EyeSustain Update column, two physicians reviewed the surveys and highlighted the similarities and differences among respondents.

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September 18, 2023

ASCRS News / EW issues / EyeWorld articles / July 2023

Collaborative strategies to reduce costs and waste in the operating room

This issue’s EyeSustain Update highlights a team approach recommended by Cathleen McCabe, MD, the immediate past president of the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society (OOSS). Her suggestions weave OOSS’ principles of top quality patient care and safety in ophthalmic ambulatory surgery centers with partnership among the OR staff and the EyeSustain Surgical Pledge.

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July 24, 2023

April 2023 / ASCRS News / EW issues / EyeWorld articles

Nostra culpa

This essay was the winner of the 2022 ESCRS John Henahan Writing Prize for Young Ophthalmologists addressing the question, “What can the field of ophthalmology do to meet the pressing challenges of climate change, sustainability, and social equity?” It is being reprinted with permission at the request of EyeSustain.

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April 17, 2023

ASCRS News / December 2022 / EW issues / EyeWorld articles

A path to climate action in medicine

Medical students and physicians today face a career where the effects of climate change on human health must be factored into the patient care model, according to medical student Margaret Tharp. In the article, she offered advice for medical students and physicians seeking climate action.

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December 12, 2022

Read more about the article Sustaining safe, quality, cost-effective care: A clinical registry study at the Aravind Eye Care System assessing traditional and Western operating room practices

ASCRS News / EW issues / EyeWorld articles / September 2022

Sustaining safe, quality, cost-effective care: A clinical registry study at the Aravind Eye Care System assessing traditional and Western operating room practices

A study conducted at the Madurai regional Aravind Eye Care System (AECS) hospital found that adopting Western OR protocols did not lower endophthalmitis rates following cataract surgery as compared to AECS’s standard protocols.

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August 29, 2022

ASCRS News / EW issues / EyeWorld articles / June 2022

EyeSustain website introduced and launched at ASCRS Annual Meeting

A new website to promote more sustainable ophthalmic care was launched and introduced at the 2022 ASCRS Annual Meeting. EyeSustain is a global coalition of ophthalmologists and societies seeking to collaborate on making ophthalmic care and surgery more economically and environmentally sustainable.

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May 20, 2022