title: Effectiveness of a decontamination method for donor corneas.
abstract: A retrospective study was made of the effectiveness of an eye bank decontamination and storage method. A comparison was made between microbial cultures taken from the limbus at enucleation and from scleral remnants recovered after surgery. Organisms were isolated from the limbus of 73% of donor eyes and from 4% of remnants. Standard eye bank procedures were found to eradicate gut and skin organisms, including candida, from donor tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Badenoch
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Alfrich
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Wedding
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Coster
mesh_terms: D003315:Cornea / Q000382:microbiology; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D005125:Eye Banks; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods*; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000379:methods*