Category Archives: AIOS Times Issue-1, 2018

True robotic surgery in ophthalmology In a first of a kind study, Chammas J et al performed robot-assisted penetrating keratoplasty (PK) using the new Da Vinci Xi Surgical System and demonstrated successful use of this system in experimental eye surgery. Robot-assisted PK procedures were performed on human corneal transplants using the Da Vinci Xi Surgical […]

Music in the OT makes more sense now An interesting paper published from Korea evaluates the effect of playing traditional music in the operating room during cataract surgery on pain experience. To prevent bias, the authors enrolled patients who were undergoing bilateral sequential cataract surgery . A two-sequence, two-period, and two treatment crossover study was […]

 1. Update on Standard Steam sterilization The Joint Commission International (JCI) is considered one of the most reputed bodies among health care accreditation organizations. India has many hospitals accredited by JCI and these include four ophthalmology centres too. In the routine surveys conducted by JCI, it has been noted that there are one or more […]

Dr. Amod Gupta Ex-Director and Head Advance Eye Centre, PGI, Chandigarh Dr. Parikshit Gogate Director, Dr. Gogate’s Eye Clinic, Pune Dr. Santosh G Honavar Director, Oncology and Oculoplasty Services, Centre For Sight, Hyderabad Ophthalmology residency training has been a focus of the recent issue of Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. A survey was conducted by the […]

Dr. Digvijay Singh Director, Noble Eye Care Gurugram Tonometers are of two types, noncontact and contact. While it is possible for both types of tonometers to spread infection, and both require disinfection and cleaning, the contact tonometers are the ones most liable to transmit infections. All tonometers come with the manufacturer guidelines for proper cleaning […]

Dr. T Nirmal Fredrick Managing Director, Nirmals Eye Care Hospital, Tambaram, Chennai Dr. Suneeta Dubey Medical Director, Shroff Charity Eye Hospitals, New Delhi Dr. D Chandrashekhar Consultant, Narayana Nethralaya, Bengaluru Dr. Gagan Dudeja Consultant, Aravind Eye Hospitals, Coimbatore Infection control and patient safety are aspects of prime concern for any clinical setup. The only way […]

Dr. Rajashekar Y L Head, Shekhar Hospital, Bengaluru Ophthalmology as a specialty and medical science has been at the fore front of innovation, improvisations and implementations. People in India have been greatly benefitted by these measures and quality of eye care in improving each day. Quality in all aspects of medical science is a nonnegotiable […]

Basudeb Ghosh Ex-Director, Guru Nanak Eye Centre New Delhi Whenever there is medical fallout in our country the scapegoat always happens to be the treating doctor. The nightmarish physical, mental and monetary drain out that follows is well known to all of us. It is therefore high time that each one of us get rid […]

Standard Operating Procedure: Guidelines for Implementation of NABH Standards Dr. Samina Zamindar Head, Zamindar’s Microsurgical Eye Centre, Bengaluru “A doctor could alternatively be God or a cowboy ruling the hospital by preference or whim, with insufficient consideration for best practices or procedural standardization.” — Cpt. Sullenberger, July 23, 2010 The first step in your quality […]

Development of Eye Care Organisations (ECO) Standards for National Accreditation Board for Hospitals (NABH)   Dr. R D Ravindran Chairman, Aravind Eye Care System Madurai There is an increasing requirement to get NABH accreditation for various purposes. The available NABH Health Care Organisations (HCO) and Small Health Care Organisations (SHCO) standards in practice for accreditation […]