What is it about?
Ophthalmology nurses successfully undertaking injections of antiVEGF medicines directly into patients' eyes for various serious retinal diseases
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Why is it important?
New medicines -known as antiVEGF agents -most notably Lucentis and Eylea- need to be given frequently and by intraocular injection if the patient has certain retinal conditions. Previously these injections were only provided by Ophthalmic Surgeons. It is a great improvement to healthcare by such injections being given by nurses. More patients can be treated in a timely fashion. This matters as these retinal disorders are time sensitive blinding disorders
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This page is a summary of: Transformational change: nurses substituting for ophthalmologists for intravitreal injections – a quality-improvement report, Clinical Ophthalmology, April 2014, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.2147/opth.s59982.
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