Linee Guida e raccomandazioni per l’emergenza sanitaria da SARS-CoV-2. Organizzazione dell’attività assistenziale oculistica per evitare il contatto tra soggetti sani e soggetti positivi asintomatici contagiosi
Ophthalmology Unit, Casa di Cura Igea, Milan - Italy
Emilio Campos
Past Professor and Chief of Ophthalmology, University of Bologna, Deputy Vice-President, Italian Ophthalmological Society (SOI), Bologna - Italy
Luigi Mele
Ophthalmology Unit – Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”; Ministry of Health USMAF-SASN, Napoli - Italy
Fabrizio Pregliasco
IRCCS Orthopedic Institute Galeazzi, Health Management, Milan - Italy
Carlo Signorelli
School of Medicine – Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan - Italy
Sandro Vergani
Ophthalmology Unit – Casa di cura Igea, Milan - Italy
Matteo Piovella
President of the Italian Ophthalmological Society (SOI); Treasurer of the Italian Federation of Medical Scientific Societies-FISM; President of the Italian Union Association of Eye Doctors and Orthoptists-ASMOOI; President of the “Together for Sight” Foundation; Medical Director of Piovella Global Center for Ophthalmology, Monza (MB) - Italy
The Italian Ophthalmological Society (SOI) has developed clinical practice guidelines for the care of ophthalmic patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The aim of this document is to define guidelines that would help ophthalmologists in their clinical activities through the adoption of recommended procedures to avoid common organization and management of positive asymptomatic contagious patients and healthy people. They are based on data available in scientific literature and real clinical experience. The document underlines the unique nature of ophthalmology and its impact on people’s health and wellbeing, outlines minimal requirements to be able to perform ophthalmology procedures, discusses the use of disposable devices and materials and outlines the criteria to manage potentially contagious patients and healthy people.
