Comments on: Watch What you Put in your Eye!

By: Bulrush

Bulrush — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:36:14 +0000

An acquaintence carried both eye drops and nail glue in her purse. One day she put nail glue in her eye and ended up in the ER. Apparently the bottles are very close in shape, size, and color. I don’t think she carries nail glue anymore.

By: ERPA

ERPA — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:19:49 +0000

I don’t think that its as bad as a similar episode I saw in the ER that occurred with glue in the eye. That was a mess, to a terrified person that was easily remedied with bacitracin and a little traction on the eye lids pulling them apart. The patients leave in relief and everyone has a good story to tell.

By: laystranger

laystranger — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:10:19 +0000

Maybe all bottles of eyedrops should have some sort of raised pattern on the lid and around the top of the bottle to make these sorts of accidents less likely - especially as those reaching for eye drops are often not able to see clearly and may not be thinking clearly either.

By: WhiteCoat

WhiteCoat — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:25:01 +0000

So THIS is where JCAHO got its brilliant idea to remove all the hemoccult developer from the rooms.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:00:17 +0000

Something similar happened to me. I accidentally put nasal decongestant in my eye because the two bottles were next to each other.

By: Albinoblackbear

Albinoblackbear — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:47:30 +0000

I was trying to see if there was sh#t in my eye!