ArticleEye (London, England)2014
Implementation of a nurse-delivered intravitreal injection service.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Non-physician delivered intravitreal injection service: A systematic review of safety, implementation, training and patient experience.Acta ophthalmologica · 2026Pooled it
- Nurse-administered intravitreal injections: a systematic review.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2015Pooled it
- Cost consequences of task-shifting intravitreal injections from physicians to nurses in a tertiary hospital in Norway.BMC health services research · 2023Trial
- A model of clinical practice: a randomised clinical study evaluating patient satisfaction of nurse-led vs consultant-led intravitreal injection.Eye (London, England) · 2018Trial
- Nurse-administered intravitreal injections of anti-VEGF: study protocol for noninferiority randomized controlled trial of safety, cost and patient satisfaction.BMC ophthalmology · 2016Trial
- Innovative care models: Expanding nurses' and optometrists' roles in ophthalmology.Nursing ethics · 2025Review
- Medical-nursing integrated service model in ophthalmic outpatient care for intravitreal injections: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Evaluation of standard-of-care intravitreal aflibercept treatment practices in patients with diabetic macular oedema in the UK: DRAKO study outcomes.Eye (London, England) · 2023Article
- Capacity building in screening and treatment of diabetic retinopathy in Asia-Pacific region.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2021Review
- Task shifting of intravitreal injections from physicians to nurses: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Situational analysis of diabetic retinopathy treatment Services in Ghana.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Eliminating Visual Acuity and Dilated Fundus Examinations Improves Cost Efficiency of Performing Optical Coherence Tomogrpahy-Guided Intravitreal Injections.American journal of ophthalmology · 2020Article
- All India Ophthalmological Society members' survey: Practice pattern of intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injection.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2020Article
- Intravitreal Injections with Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Inhibitors: A Practical Approach.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2020Article
- Providing a Safe and Effective Intravitreal Treatment Service: Strategies for Service Delivery.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Article
- Ophthalmic photographer virtual clinics in medical retina.International journal of ophthalmology · 2020Article
- A Comparison of Conventional Intravitreal Injection Method vs InVitria Intravitreal Injection Method.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Article
- Action on neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD): recommendations for management and service provision in the UK hospital eye service.Eye (London, England) · 2019Article
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- A study of unreasonable illegitimate tasks, administrative tasks, and sickness presenteeism amongst Norwegian physicians: an everyday struggle?BMC health services research · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to introduce nurse-delivered intravitreal injections to increase medical retina treatment capacity.
methodsIndemnity, clinical governance, training, planning, and implementation issues were addressed. The outcome measures were patient safety, patient experience, and clinic capacity.
resultsNo serious vision-threatening complications were recorded in a consecutive series of 4000 nurse-delivered intravitreal injections. A Mann-Whitney test showed a significant increase in intravitreal injections (P=0.003) in the medical retina service after introduction of nurse-delivered intravitreal injections. The majority of patients accepted and were satisfied with a nurse-delivered intravitreal injection. DISCUSSION: Nurse-delivered intravitreal injections appear safe, acceptable to patients, and are an effective means to increase intravitreal injection capacity in medical retina clinics.
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