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Right now, a significant amount of waste in ophthalmology comes from mandated chemical high-level disinfection.
Multiple exposures to high-level disinfection (HLD) can damage delicate ophthalmic equipment and often lead to single-use policies, like disposable tonometer tips and single-use goniotomy or laser lenses. Studies show that single-use tonometry prisms and gonioscopy lenses produce more than 100 kg of plastic waste in a large ophthalmology outpatient department and cost close to $1 million over