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Abstract
Postoperative infection is a rare complication of intraocular surgery. Although the
incidence is low, the morbidity is high in terms of long-term sequelae. Because some
ophthalmologists have requested separate operating rooms to reduce the risk of exogenous
sources of infection, ophthalmology training program directors were surveyed to determine
national standards of practice. Among the 100 centers responding, most were university
affiliated (73%), had more than 500-bed hospitals (67%), and had fewer than 50 practicing
ophthalmologists (92%). A single operating room was used in 50 centers and only 33
did not permit nonophthalmology cases in the ophthalmology operating rooms. Centers
with a greater ophthalmology volume did not differ from low-volume centers in the
scheduling of ophthalmology and nonopthalmology clean or infected cases. Program directors
from larger centers, however, were more frequently of the opinion that a separate
ophthalmology operating room was needed: 86.2% vs. 63.5% (p = 0.04).
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