eye disorders
How To Remove a Foreign Body From the Eye
Equipment for Removing an Eye Foreign Body
Slit lamp with cobalt blue filter (preferred) or binocular lens (loupes) with Wood light Local anesthetic (eg, 0.5%proparacaineeyedrops) Fluoresceinstrips Sterile cotton-tipped applicators Spud, or 25- or 27-gauge needle attached to tuberculin syringe Low-speed rotary burr Sterile saline and 10- to 20-mL syringe 