A patient comes to the outpatient eye clinic with a foreign body in the eye. Which medication does the nurse anticipate the physician is likely to use before removing it?
a. Proparacaine
b. Bacitracin
c. Ganciclovir
d. Dexamethasone
ANS: A
Proparacaine (Alcaine) is a local ophthalmic anesthetic used 2 to 3 minutes before removal of a foreign body.
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