Ophthalmic Procedures in the Operating Room and Ambulatory Surgery

Standards and Outcome Suggested Instrumentation for Operative Procedures Suggested Supplies for Operative Procedures Preparation for the Surgical Procedure (Preoperative) Completion of the Surgical Procedure (Postoperative) (Note: case specific action/rationale statements are included with each procedure) Operative Procedures Amniotic Membrane Transplant Anterior Vitrectomy Blepharoplasty Cataract Extraction Chalazion Incision and Drainage Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) Ectropion Repair Entropion Repair Enucleation, Evisceration Ganciclovir Implant Glaucoma Valve Implant, with or without Patch Graft Lacrimal Duct Laceration Repair Lacrimal Duct Probing and Irrigation Muscle Surgery Pars Plana Vitrectomy Penetrating Keratoplasty (PKP) Corneal Transplant Pterygium Excision Ptosis Surgery-Levator Resection, Levator Tuck, Frontalis Sling Ruptured Globe, Exploration and Repair Scleral Buckling Secondary Lens Implantation or Lens Exchange Tarsorrhaphy Temporal Artery Biopsy Trabeculectomy with or without Application of Antimetabolites Appendices A. Patient Safety Bulletin Number 1 :Eliminating Wrong Site Surgery B. Presurgical Periocular Scrub C. Patient Safety Bulletin Number 2: Minimizing Wrong IOL Placement D. Nasolacrimal Patency Testing E. Pneumatic Retinopexy References