An upright eyedrop bottle: accuracy, usage of excess drops, and contamination compared to a conventional bottle.

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Published in Clin Ophthalmol on July 28, 2016

Authors

Isaiah J Davies1, Ninita H Brown2, Joanne C Wen3, Sandra S Stinnett1, Kelsey Kubelick4, Roma P Patel5, Kristin L Benokraitis6, Latoya Greene1, Curry Cheek1, Kelly W Muir7

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
2: Metrolina Eye Associates, Charlotte, NC, USA.
3: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
4: Wallace H Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wallace H Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
5: University of California Davis Health System Eye Center, Sacramento, CA, USA.
6: EG-GILERO, Durham, NC, USA.
7: Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Health Services Research & Development, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.

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