Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Cornea, Apollo Hospital, Jubliee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
  • 2 Department of Cornea, Sudarshan Netralaya, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
  • 3 Consultant Ophthalmologist and Eye Surgeon, International Specialist Eye Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Indian J Ophthalmol, 2022 Feb;70(2):653-654.
PMID: 35086256 DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1986_21

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a radical change in safety measures in outpatient clinics. The use of face masks by patients and healthcare workers has become a mandatory norm. Exhaled air with a face mask often follows an upward route. The warm exhaled air leads to fogging of 90/78D lens during fundus examination, hampering visualization. This can be prevented by the use of a simple yet innovative DIY adapter for a 90/78D lens, which can be made using simple household items such as PVC pipes or water hose pipes.

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