Injectable Medicines Guide (IMG) ocular injection project – access for RCOphth Members
Injectable Medicines Guide (IMG) ocular injection project July 2016 The IMG group has produced over 300 monographs on adult intravenous medicines. The group has recently expanded into producing monographs for paediatric intravenous drugs, intramuscular (for mental health) drugs and ocular injection drugs. In general ocular injections are considered high risk because they are often unlicensed
Exciting ophthalmology research opportunity in Blantyre, Malawi
The Department of Eye and Vision Science (DEVS) at the University of Liverpool has long standing links with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme and the Lions Sight First Eye Unit at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi. Clinicians from Liverpool are currently undertaking Wellcome Trust funded research in
A new Yellow Card app: report on the go
All adverse incidents related to medical devices, including performance concerns for diagnostics, defective medicines (those that are not of an acceptable quality) and also counterfeit products are now reportable online to the Yellow Card Scheme in addition to the traditional reporting of suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Prompt reporting ultimately makes medicines and devices safer
Early clinical experience with a new preloaded one-piece intraocular lens in paediatric cataract surgery – (Eye Journal AOP)
Early clinical experience with a new preloaded one-piece intraocular lens in paediatric cataract surgery Eye advance online publication, June 17 2016. doi:10.1038/eye.2016.123 Authors: D B Gosling & T K J Chan
Associated systemic and ocular disorders in patients with congenital unilateral cataracts: the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study experience – (Eye Journal AOP)
Associated systemic and ocular disorders in patients with congenital unilateral cataracts: the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study experience Eye advance online publication, June 17 2016. doi:10.1038/eye.2016.124 Authors: E I Traboulsi, D Vanderveen, D Morrison, C D Drews-Botsch, S R Lambert & The Infant Aphakia Treatment Study Group