Open AccessImpact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Keratoplasty and Corneal Eye Banking
Author(s) -
Dena Ballouz,
Onkar B. Sawant,
Susan Hurlbert,
Michael S. Titus,
Parag A. Majmudar,
Ashok Kumar,
Yunshu Zhou,
David C. Musch,
Shahzad I. Mian
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cornea
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.274
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1536-4798
pISSN - 0277-3740
DOI - 10.1097/ico.0000000000002748
Subject(s) - eye bank , medicine , asymptomatic , covid-19 , pandemic , corneal transplantation , ophthalmology , corneal transplant , cornea , retrospective cohort study , tissue bank , surgery , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of COVID-19 guidelines for corneal donor tissue screening and the utility of routine postmortem COVID-19 testing of donors intended for surgical use at a single eye bank.