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For those of you that are sight impaired. What did you wear during surgery, contacts or glasses?
For those of you that are sight impaired. What did you wear during surgery, contacts or glasses?
That is not true. While there *can* be some absorption of smoke, etc., it is hardly recommended against to the point that it is discouraged or banned. Also, the type of lenses used also make a difference as some absorb more than others (hard v gas permeable v soft). The majority of residents I worked with, including gen surgery, anesthesia, ortho, ENT and ophtho wore contacts rather than glasses if they needed corrective lenses. Same is true for the scrubs and circulating nurses. Most people wear face shields or safety glasses which can also help to minimize irritants reaching your lenses.You're technically not supposed to wear contact in the OR. Something about smoke & aerosolized body matter permeating the lenses.
oh wow.. good question. i think i will end up wearing glasses bc my eyes will probably get tired of contacts after so many hours. ive been told not to wear them more than 12 hours at a time.For those of you that are sight impaired. What did you wear during surgery, contacts or glasses?
oh wow.. good question. i think i will end up wearing glasses bc my eyes will probably get tired of contacts after so many hours. ive been told not to wear them more than 12 hours at a time.
maybe a good time to see your doc and discuss this situation... probably knows a whole lot more than the people on this forum (me included of course)I am a first year and I was wondering how my situation will work when I get into rotations. I have an eye disorder that does not allow me to wear glasses as they do not correct my vision. I am forced to wear very rigid contacts to correct my vision which presents problems when I have to wear them for very extended period of times (8+ hours). Right now it isn't much of a problem as after class I can take them out for an hour to let my eyes take a break before studying. My question is how is this going to work during rotations? Is there any possibility of taking them out for a bit? I have terrible vision without contacts but after about 8 hours they are extremely dry and start to really bother me.