Design, implementation, and evaluation of a nurse-led intravitreal injection programme for retinal diseases in Singapore.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To describe the design, implementation, and evaluation of a nurse-led intravitreal injection (NL-IVT) programme in a Singapore tertiary eye hospital.

Methods

Patients requiring anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) IVT were recruited. Implementation and evaluation were done in the Singapore National Eye Centre, a tertiary centre. To assess safety, nurse injectors recorded details of procedures performed and complications for an 8-month period from February 2019. To evaluate patient experience, we used a modified patient questionnaire and recorded both patients' waiting time and IVT procedure duration. A retrospective audit of IVTs before and after the introduction of NL-IVT was performed from January 2017 to September 2019. Cost difference between NL-IVT

SUBMITTER: Teo AWJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7784933 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature