Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Oct;41(10):1207-1208. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.238. Epub 2020 May 15.
The proximity required of a thorough biomicroscopic slit-lamp examination may put ophthalmologists at increased risk for respiratory-borne infection with SARS-CoV-2. Conjunctivitis has been described in a few patients with COVID-19 and other coronavirus syndromes. Although SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in the conjunctival secretions or tears of patients with COVID-19 and conjunctivitis, transmission of infection through respiratory droplets to ophthalmologists without eye protection or masks may be the bigger concern.
彻底的生物显微镜裂隙灯检查需要近距离操作，这可能会使眼科医生面临感染 SARS-CoV-2 的呼吸道飞沫的风险增加。COVID-19 和其他冠状病毒综合征的少数患者已出现结膜炎。虽然已经在 COVID-19 和结膜炎患者的结膜分泌物或泪液中检测到了 SARS-CoV-2，但如果没有眼部防护或口罩，通过呼吸道飞沫将感染传播给眼科医生可能是更大的问题。
