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Topical Eye Anesthetic

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  1. Indications
    1. Eye Evaluation in Trauma
    2. Eye Foreign Body
    3. Eye Irrigation
    4. Intraocular Pressure Testing
  2. Precautions
    1. Primary physicians should not dispense for home use after Eye Injury
      1. Delays re-epithelialization
      2. Suppresses normal blink reflex
  3. Preparations
    1. Tetracaine 0.5% (Pontocaine)
    2. Proparacaine 0.5% (Alcaine, Ophthetic)

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