NO CASES OF ENDOPHTHALMITIS AFTER 20,293 INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS IN AN OPERATING ROOM SETTING

In Brief Background: Intravitreal injection has become a common procedure worldwide. A rare, but sight threatening, complication is bacterial endophthalmitis that has a poor visual prognosis. To identify practices that minimize the risk of endophthalmitis, the setting of a Danish University hospital is described. Methods: A review of the intravitreal injection database of the department. All injections were performed in a positive pressure...