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Preop antimicrobial lid scrubber to become available

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WAILEA, Hawaii — Advanced Vision Research will introduce an antimicrobial lid scrubber patients can use before cataract and refractive surgery and intravitreal injections, company officials said here during Hawaiian Eye 2006.

Jeffrey Gilbard, MD, president and chief executive officer of the company, said TheraTears SteriLid will become available over the counter nationwide this spring.

Dr. Gilbard, who developed the product, said in an interview with Ocular Surgery News that patients can use the lid scrubber twice a day for 2 to 3 days before surgery for prophylaxis against endophthalmitis. He said the scrubber can kill up to 40 strains of bacteria.