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COVID’s collateral damage: Germicidal lamps may damage corneas – EurekAlert

In a paper published in the journal of Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, physicians from the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami Miller School…

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IMAGE: Injected conjunctiva (redness) of the right and left eye (top row)
Diffuse staining of the cornea with green dye indicating epithelial damage (bottom row).
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Credit: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
In a paper published in the journal of Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, physicians from the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine reported that several patients using germicidal lamps in an attempt to sanitize against the coronavirus, developed…

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