{"title":"Practical ophthalmic microbiology.","authors":"J Levine, R W Snyder","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Infection is commonly encountered in everyday ophthalmic practice. It is of great importance that all ophthalmic personnel are familiar with the basic etiologies of these infections, and the basic techniques which are used in diagnosis. When evaluating a patient with possible infection, it is often of great help to be familiar with the normal microbial flora of the human body. This normal flora has been detailed in the article. The assumption is that knowledge of a patient's flora can help guide decisions about the possible etiologies of an infection. When presented with an obvious ocular infection, health care personnel should review the \"usual suspects\"--that is, the common etiologies for each type of infection. The key to combating ocular infections lies in accurate treatment of the presumed infectious agent. Therefore, the techniques and steps used in the identification of the etiology of an infection should be known to all ophthalmic personnel. The proper sterile techniques of obtaining a specimen from a suspected corneal ulcer or conjunctivitis and the plating of the specimen on specific agar for identification are essential to everyday practice (Figure 8). Patients who will undergo surgery, regardless of the type, are being placed at a special risk for infection. These post-operative infections can destroy the work of the most careful and exact surgical technique. It is an essential part of the procedure that the patient be protected as best they can from subsequent infection. The techniques to reduce the risk of post-operative infection have been detailed above. Proper preparation of a sterile field, sterile draping, and perioperative antibiotics can reduce the chance of a subsequent infection. It is important that these basic steps of care be properly provided to help insure successful surgical outcomes and excellence in health care.</p>","PeriodicalId":77220,"journal":{"name":"Journal of ophthalmic nursing & technology","volume":"18 2","pages":"50-9; quiz 74-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21276819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How does vision affect learning? Part II.","authors":"H P Koller","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. Dyslexia is a language-based learning disability in which phontiec analysis is genetically deficient. 2. Nonverbal learning differences are frequently overlooked in evaluating learning disabled children. 3. Children often have more than one category of learning difference, all of which must be diagnosed correctly to be effectively remediated.</p>","PeriodicalId":77220,"journal":{"name":"Journal of ophthalmic nursing & technology","volume":"18 1","pages":"12-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21093472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hypoxia and contact lens wear.","authors":"P L Rakow","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77220,"journal":{"name":"Journal of ophthalmic nursing & technology","volume":"18 1","pages":"29-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21093479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The gift of sight: a surgeon's experience in India.","authors":"A F Vinals","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77220,"journal":{"name":"Journal of ophthalmic nursing & technology","volume":"18 1","pages":"19-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21093474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Critical thinking protocols for ophthalmic medical personnel: refractometry.","authors":"A V Shukla","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. Increase knowledge of geometric optics and the optical system of the eye. 2. Increase familiarity with all optic tests. 3. Develop protocols for testing for common complaints.</p>","PeriodicalId":77220,"journal":{"name":"Journal of ophthalmic nursing & technology","volume":"18 1","pages":"24-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21093476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Amblyopia: the condition, the challenge and the cure.","authors":"A I Kelsey","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. Amblyopia needs to be detected early for the patient to have the greatest chance of total vision correction. 2. Compliance with treatment for amblyopia, while not medically complex, may be difficult both socially and emotionally. 3. Support and education, provided by programs such as Prevent Blindness America's Eye Patch Club, facilitate compliance and, therefore, the cure.</p>","PeriodicalId":77220,"journal":{"name":"Journal of ophthalmic nursing & technology","volume":"17 6","pages":"227-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20968154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Compliance with Medicare's chart documentation requirements in evaluation and management (E/M) coding.","authors":"R L Asbell","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. Use of forced entry charts facilitates proper chart documentation and helps assure compliance with Medicare's chart documentation requirements. 2. Nurses and technicians are responsible for up to two-thirds of the required chart documentation in the patient's record. 3. Performance and documentation are not synonymous. There must be a meticulous written record of what was performed as well as negative and positive findings for both the history and the examination portions of the exam. Recording possible, probable, and rule/out diagnoses enhances the level of complexity of medical decision-making.</p>","PeriodicalId":77220,"journal":{"name":"Journal of ophthalmic nursing & technology","volume":"17 6","pages":"231-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20968156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}