II. Indications
III. Technique 1
- Fluorescein in solution or strips
- Fluorescein solution easily grows Pseudomonas
- Take care to avoid contamination
- Dampen strips with saline or moist Conjunctiva
- Fluorescein solution easily grows Pseudomonas
- Fluorescein stains epithelial defects
- Visualize defects under cobalt blue or wood's lamp
- Irrigate eye after stain to avoid eye reaction to dye
IV. Technique 2
- Observe Corneal reflection from penlight
- As pt moves his eye into various positions,
- Epithelial disruption distorts reflection