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Editorial

Individual Risk Assessment

Featured Article

Confocal Microscopy of Stellate Stromal Deposits in Two Cornea Grafts Treated with Moxifloxacin and Prednisolone Acetate

Medical Standards

EBAA Medical Standards

R. TOWNLEY PATON LECTURE

“Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History”: The Advancement of Women in Ophthalmology

Research / Proceedings

The Why and How of Cornea Donor Screening: A Review

Corneal Transplant, Not All the Rules Prevent Blindness

Organ and Tissue Donation: A Review of Google Trends

The Why and How of Cornea Donor Screening: A Review

Authors

Ellen Heck, MT (ASCP) MA, CEBT, Merary Plata BS. RN, Valerie Corder BS. RN, and Dwight Cavanagh M.D. PhD

Abstract

Disease transmission from infections and communicable diseases, is always a concern for those screening, recovering or distributing allograft tissue for transplantation.

This review article covers a cross section of publications that elucidate the transmissibility concerns for bacteria, fungi, prions, and viruses, as well as communicable diseases.

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