Cataract surgeons believe more reusable and multiuse options are needed to decrease operating room waste, according to a presentation at the virtual American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting.
“The background for this is studies from the Aravind Hospital System in southern India showing that their carbon footprint for phaco is one-twentieth of what we have in the U.S. because they try to reuse everything,” David F. Chang, MD, said on behalf of the Ophthalmic Instrument Cleaning and Sterilization Task Force. “In spite of this, their infection rate is even lower than ours
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