News and notices. Comm Eye Health Vol. 32 No. 105 2019. May 16, 2019

Erratum

Due to a printing error, the last three bullet points in the article ‘Emergency management: acute endophthalmitis’ were not printed.

The instructions for preparing ceftazidime 2 mg/0.1 ml for intravitreal injection are as follows:

Ceftazidime 2 mg/0.1 ml

  • Reconstitute 500 mg vial with 10 ml saline
  • Withdraw all 10 ml into 10 ml syringe
  • Inject 2 ml of this solution back into vial
  • Add 3 ml saline into vial to make up to 5 ml (20 mg/ml)
  • Use 1 ml syringe to draw 0.1 ml of this solution (2 mg/0.1 ml)

The corrected article is available here: www.cehjournal.org/article/emergency-management-acuteendophthalmitis/

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