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EYE
Volume 28, Issue 6, Pages 734-740Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2014.69
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Purpose The purpose of this study was to introduce nurse-delivered intravitreal injections to increase medical retina treatment capacity. Methods Indemnity, clinical governance, training, planning, and implementation issues were addressed. The outcome measures were patient safety, patient experience, and clinic capacity. Results No serious vision-threatening complications were recorded in a consecutive series of 4000 nurse-delivered intravitreal injections. A Mann-Whitney test showed a significant increase in intravitreal injections (P = 0.003) in the medical retina service after introduction of nurse-delivered intravitreal injections. The majority of patients accepted and were satisfied with a nurse-delivered intravitreal injection. Discussion Nurse-delivered intravitreal injections appear safe, acceptable to patients, and are an effective means to increase intravitreal injection capacity in medical retina clinics.
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