BILATERAL SAME-DAY INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS USING A SINGLE VIAL AND MOLECULAR BACTERIAL SCREENING FOR SAFETY SURVEILLANCE

In Brief Purpose: To evaluate the safety of bilateral same-day intravitreal injections using a single vial and to introduce a molecular surveillance system to screen bacterial drug contamination using eubacterial polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Methods: Retrospective review of the medical records of 135 patients who received 574 bilateral same-day intravitreal injections for various retinal diseases in 2 tertiary referral hospitals between...