Effectiveness of a decontamination method for donor corneas.
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.
Badenoch
P R
PR
Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia.
Alfrich
S J
SJ
Wedding
T R
TR
Coster
D J
DJ
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*