Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: January-March | Volume: 6 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 126-128
Workplace Related Ocular Foreign Bodies: A Retrospective Data
Pritam Dutta
Chandraprabha Eye Hospital, Jorhat-785001, Assam
ABSTRACT
Purpose: To determine the occupational eye injuries reporting to a tertiary eye care hospital.
Methods: A retrospective review was performed for the patients diagnosed with ocular foreign bodies between the period of January 2018- December 2019. The inclusion criteria included subjects with a diagnosis of corneal foreign body reporting the hospital during the study period. Subjects with incomplete ocular assessments, other mode of foreign bodies were excluded.
Results: Corneal foreign body accounts for 303 (72.3%) subjects. Among 419 cases, 68.9% (n=289) were occupational related eye injuries, of which corneal foreign body presentation was seen in 80.6% (n=233) subjects. Majority of the subjects had an adequate visual acuity (81.3%) and uniocular involvement (98.96%).
Conclusion: Workplace related hazard can have a secondary impact on vision, thus a health education in terms of preventive measures among every recognized and unrecognized sector individuals would be helpful to overcome this problem.
Keywords: Workplace, foreign bodies, hazards