For healthcare professionals
Start: 19:30 30th March 2023
End: 20:30 30th March 2023
Professor Miriam Kolko, MD, PhD, FEBOS-GL is chief physician and glaucoma specialist at the Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup. Moreover, she is Professor in Translational Eye Research at the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology at the University of Copenhagen. Prof. Kolko is president of the Danish Glaucoma Society and board member of Fight for Sight, Denmark
BAK containing glaucoma eyedrops have significant negative effects on different structures of the eye. Prof Miriam Kolko's talk focuses on the effect of BAK on trabecular meshwork and explores options to address the side effects.
Domains and learning outcomes:
Clinical practice
To understand how preservatives such as BAK in eye drops may impact various ocular structures such as ocular surface and trabecular meshwork and what are the clinical signs and symptoms (S.7)
An understanding of the prevalence of the use of preservatives in eye drops - Including Glaucoma/ Allergy and dry eye (S.5)
Specialty CPD - AS/SP/IP optometrist
To understand how preservatives such as BAK in eye drops may impact various ocular structures such as ocular surface and trabecular meshwork and what are the clinical signs and symptoms (S.7)
To appreciate that preservatives can provoke a toxicity reaction, not just allergy, and the prevalence of the use of such preservatives in glaucoma POMs
1 CPD Point approved by the GOC
1 CPD Point approved by the RCO