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Editorial

Evolving Consensus Experience of the IUSG-IOIS-FOIS with Uveitis in the Time of COVID-19 Infection

Manfred Zierhuta Centre of Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]

, MD, PhD,

Marc D. De Smetb MicroInvasive Ocular Surgery Clinic, Lausanne, Switzerland;c Department of Ophthalmology, University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

, MD, PhD,

Vishali Guptad Department of Ophthalmology, Advance Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

, MD, PhD,

Carlos Pavesioe Department of Medical Retina and Uveitis, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK

, MD, PhD,

Quan Dong Nguyenf Spencer Center for Vision Research, Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA

, MD,

Soon-Phaik Cheeg Department of Ophthalmology, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore;h Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore;i Department of Ophthalmology, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore;j Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6308-5721

, MD, PhD

Emmett T. Cunninghamk The Department of Ophthalmology, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA;l The Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA;m The Francis I. Proctor Foundation, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA;n West Coast Retina Medical Group, San Francisco, California, USA

, MD, PhD, MPH &

Rupesh Agrawale Department of Medical Retina and Uveitis, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK;f Spencer Center for Vision Research, Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA;i Department of Ophthalmology, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore;j Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore;o Department of Ophthalmology, National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6662-5850

, MD, PhD

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ABSTRACT

This document summarizes the experience of the International Uveitis Study Group (IUSG), the Intraocular Inflammation Society (IOIS), and the Foster Ocular Inflammation Society (FOIS) and can aid as a guide for the treatment of uveitis patients in the era of COVID-19 pandemic.

Additional resources available over the internet

1- https://www.iapb.org/news/covid-19-resources-here-is-what-we-know/: international agency for the prevention of blindness has an information page in eight languages with useful links to eye health organizations, editorials, and articles.

2 https://www.aao.org/headline/alert-important-coronavirus-context: American academy of ophthalmology provides a detailed overview of the current American guidelines background information on the virus and environmental cleaning and disinfection recommendations. Also, consider the following site: https://www.aao.org/coronavirus which contains more general information about eyecare.

3- https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/events-as-they-happen: rolling updates on the WHO site regarding Coronavirus 2019 disease. It also provides information on a WhatsApp campaign in Arabic, French, Spanish, and English where patients can get up to date information on how to protect themselves.

4- https://www.uveitisstudygroup.org/?id=15: UK uveitis national clinical study group has a COVID-19 info hub with information on how to stratify high-risk patients as well as links to other trusted UK sites.

5- https://www.ohsu.edu/sites/default/files/2020-03/CEI%20Clinic%20Protocol%20for%20Suspect%20or%20Confirmed%20COVID-19%20Patients%202020-03-12.pdf best practice for prevention of droplets and contact transmission in ophthalmology clinics

6- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww0Rf079MZ4 video showing how to put on an remove protective equipment for droplet precautions (donning and doffing)

7- https://msra.org.au/news/ceo-message-covid-19/: information regarding advice for MS patients from the Australian MS Research foundation as well as other related links.

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