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21st Annual Meeting of the German Retina Society and 8th Symposium of the International Society of Ocular Trauma (ISOT)

German Retina Society
International Society of Ocular Trauma

19.06. - 22.06.2008, Würzburg

Prevention of Eye Injuries Caused by Hose Stream for Fire Fighting, Water Cannon of Police and Comparable Origin

Meeting Abstract

  • Gerrit Darkow - Magdeburg/Germany
  • D. Goldblum - Basel/Switzerland
  • U. Hennighausen - Heide/Germany
  • M. Prost - Warsaw/Poland
  • W.F. Schrader - Würzburg/Germany

Retinologische Gesellschaft. International Society of Ocular Trauma. 21. Jahrestagung der Retinologischen Gesellschaft gemeinsam mit dem 8. Symposium der International Society of Ocular Trauma. Würzburg, 19.-22.06.2008. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2008. DocISOTRG2008V014

The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.egms.de/en/meetings/rg2008/08rg014.shtml

Published: June 18, 2008

© 2008 Darkow et al.
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Purpose: Eye injuries caused by high pressure fluid stream often lead to severe damage of the eye up to the loss of the eye ball as found in a current survey by Hennighausen, Darkow, Goldblum, Prost, Schrader.

Methods: Based on the results of this survey, the aim of this study was to investigate how improve the prevention of those injuries.

Results: Two main fields of prevention were elaborated: The protection of the eyes by goggles or face shield and correct implementation of safety instructions, especially the interdiction to aim with water stream on persons.

Conclusions: The authors consider prevention of eye injuries caused by high pressure fluid stream as an important task for ophthalmologists, desirable in cooperation with occupational health practitioners and safety engineers.