Sterilization is one of the most important and basic criteria of any surgery but as far as ophthalmic surgery is concerned it has a special value. Supposing there are any lacunae in any part of ophthalmic instruments sterilization and a patient is not investigated properly and there is an intraocular operation, one may face complications. The most dreaded complication is intra ocular infection or endophthalmitis.
It is not only the sterilization of eye instruments that is important we have to have proper disinfection of OT to the patient a whole has to be examined. There should be no focus of dental or ent infection a diabetic patient to be operated for say pc IOL or any intraocular surgery should have a proper control of blood sugar no focus of infection in lids or lacrimal sac in the form of blepharitis or chronic dacryocystitis in or we should be very careful about use of BSS or…
