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Exposed to pink eye at work! should i use zymar drops before my lasik surgery?
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No: If you have been exsposed to someone with an eye infection, the antibiotic drop will not necessarily prevent you from getting an infection as many eye infections are due to a virus rather than a bacteria. You should cosult with the doctor who will be doing the lasik procedure. You may was to postpone the procedure for 10-14 days to be certain that an infection will not develop.
Answered 7/14/2013
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Preop antibiotic: It is our standard treatment to use preoperative antibiotics prior to lasik so i would use the zymar. In regards to using it due to exposure to pink eye, it does not make much difference since most pink eye is viral in nature and not covered by zymar.
Answered 10/3/2016
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