Interactions None reported Pregnancy C - Safety for use during pregnancy has not been established. Depending on the severity of the signs and symptoms, patients should be followed up in several days to weeks. Any patient on topical corticosteroids should be observed routinely to monitor for side effects, including elevated intraocular pressure and cataract formation. Eye care professionals need to be extremely cautious regarding spreading of this infection to themselves or other patients. They should wash their hands immediately after examining any patient with a red eye.
Prevention is the most important aspect of management.
Wash your hands before examining any patient. Properly clean and sterilize ophthalmic instruments with hypochlorite solution. Patients who are infected should not share towels, pillows, washcloths, or other communal objects. Personnel who are infected should be removed from duty for 2 weeks. Warn other family members about the disease.