GuidelinesEML (Adult Hospital STG)
Surgical and Diagnostic Products
Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List for South Africa, Hospital Level, Adults 2019 Edition
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Ocular peri-operative pharmaceutical products
- Sodium hyaluronate 10 mg/mL
- Acetylcholine chloride (for intra-ocular irrigation)
- Sterile intraocular irrigating solution
- Hyaluronidase 1500 IU injection (adjunct to anaesthesia for cataract surgery)
LoE:IIbxxiv - Mitomycin C 2 mg injection (for sponge application during trabeculectomy for glaucoma management)
LoE:IIbxxv
Ocular diagnostic products
- Fluorescein 2%, ophthalmic drops
- Fluorescein ophthalmic strips
- Tropicamide 1%, ophthalmic drops
- Cyclopentolate 2 mg/mL ophthalmic drops (for cycloplegic refraction)
- Cyclopentolate 2 mg/mL and phenylephrine 10 mg/mL (for fundoscopic examination)
- Polyacrylic acid 2mg/g opthalmic gel (as coupling liquid for diagnostic contact lenses)
- Local anaesthetics used on the eye
- Oxybuprocaine hydrochloride 0.4%
LoE:IIIbxxvi
- Preparations for tear deficiency
- Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose 0.3–0.5%
Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List for South Africa, Adult Hospital Level, 2020-2024_Version 1.0_30 September 2024
Chapter 18 Eye Disorders_18.8 Surgical and Diagnostic Products