A case of the blues: Inadvertent ocular injury from accidental instillation of blue ink

PURPOSE: Many consumer products and non-ophthalmic medications are packaged in plastic “eye dropper” bottles, posing a risk of accidental ocular chemical injury when these substances are mistaken for eye drops. OBSERVATIONS: We present the case of an elderly glaucoma patient who mistook blue stamper...

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Autores principales: Port, Alexander D., Brissette, Ashley R., Sippel, Kimberly C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7296186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32566800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100773
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description PURPOSE: Many consumer products and non-ophthalmic medications are packaged in plastic “eye dropper” bottles, posing a risk of accidental ocular chemical injury when these substances are mistaken for eye drops. OBSERVATIONS: We present the case of an elderly glaucoma patient who mistook blue stamper ink for the glaucoma medication Combigan®, and suffered ocular injury as a result. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: The packaging of non-ophthalmic products in plastic “eye dropper” bottles poses a significant risk of accidental ocular chemical injury. Elderly individuals with low vision and/or cognitive deficits may be at particular risk of accidental injury. Ophthalmologists have been calling for a greater distinction between the packaging of ophthalmic and non-ophthalmic products for over 35 years, but to date little progress has been made in this regard.
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spelling pubmed-72961862020-06-18 A case of the blues: Inadvertent ocular injury from accidental instillation of blue ink Port, Alexander D. Brissette, Ashley R. Sippel, Kimberly C. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep Case Report PURPOSE: Many consumer products and non-ophthalmic medications are packaged in plastic “eye dropper” bottles, posing a risk of accidental ocular chemical injury when these substances are mistaken for eye drops. OBSERVATIONS: We present the case of an elderly glaucoma patient who mistook blue stamper ink for the glaucoma medication Combigan®, and suffered ocular injury as a result. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: The packaging of non-ophthalmic products in plastic “eye dropper” bottles poses a significant risk of accidental ocular chemical injury. Elderly individuals with low vision and/or cognitive deficits may be at particular risk of accidental injury. Ophthalmologists have been calling for a greater distinction between the packaging of ophthalmic and non-ophthalmic products for over 35 years, but to date little progress has been made in this regard. Elsevier 2020-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7296186/ /pubmed/32566800 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100773 Text en © 2020 Published by Elsevier Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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