Eye Bank Course Curriculum
Blindness
- Magnitude of corneal blindness
- Anatomy and physiology of the eye
- Anatomy and physiology of the cornea
- Diseases of the cornea
- Corneal blindness - magnitude, causes and prevention
Eye Bank and Eye Donation
- Eye Bank association of India (EBAI) - role and functions
- Eye bank functions
- Setting up an eye bank - legal and technical issues
- Eye donation - facts
- Public awareness programs
- Hospital Cornea Retrieval Program
- Community involvement in eye banking
- Eye bank administration
- Eye donation counselling
- Eye bank data
- Medical standards in eye banking
Technical issues
- Laboratory safety
- Instrument maintenance
- Ophthalmologists: One week
Equipment maintenance
- Family consent for eye donation
- Pledging of eyes
- Donor call documentation
- Donor's medical and social history screening and assessment
- In situ corneal excision
- Medico legal cases
- Eye donation counsellor - job description
- Drawing of donor blood
- Serological testing of donor blood
- Preservation of donor cornea
- Donor cornea evaluation procedures
- Donor cornea transportation
- Disposal of waste materials
- Public relations
Hands-on
- Cleaning, packing, sterilisation of instruments
- Sterilisation of instruments and linen
- Slit lamp evaluation of donor cornea
- Specular microscopic evaluation of donor cornea
- Serological testing of donor blood
- Lab corneal excision
- In situ corneal excision
- Serological tests
- Eye bank data documentation
Preparation of labels
- Transportation of donor corneas
- Eye donation counselling
- Public awareness
- Preparation of reports
Scientific issues
- Infection control quality assurance
- Donor particulars - medical and social data
- Requirement of donor blood
- Haemodilution
- Medical standards in eye banking
- Assessment of donor cornea for surgical use
- Microbiology of donor corneas
- Aseptic measures in eye banking
- Disease transmission
- Medical contraindications
- Sterilisation
Ancillary facilities
There is a large resource centre at the B & L School of Optometry for the students and the faculty. The library is well equipped with multiple volumes of journals as well as books, a slide collection, and video and audio tapes. It also has a large computer facility for viewing videotapes and access to the Internet and Medline search for journal abstracts.
Food and accommodation
Hostel facilities are available on a twin-sharing basis for enrolled students.
Vegetarian food is available at the cafeteria within the hostel campus.
A separate fee is charged for these facilities.
For further details contact
Education Centre,
L V Prasad Eye Institute,
L V Prasad Marg, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad - 500 034
Telephone: +91-40-3061 2445 / 46
Fax: +91-40-2354 8271
Email: education@lvpei.org