Wound Classification for Eye Procedures

Specialties Operating Room

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It is my understanding from the criteria in evaluating surgical wound classification that all eye surgical procedures are considered Clean.

Another nurse told me that Entropion and Ectropion repair procedures are clean/contaminated. I disagree. I posed the question to ASORN (American Society of Ophthalmic nurses) but have yet to receive a reply. Any thoughts on this? Thanks for any feedback.

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I have always heard of them as clean, unless there is debris or infection in the eye...

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.
I have always heard of them as clean, unless there is debris or infection in the eye...

Same here.

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