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cord-346846-yle3z5z2	Murnain, Kaila L	Evaluation of the Slit Lamp Shield to reduce droplet exposure	2020-05-25		.txt	text/plain	485	35	52	The face-to-face proximity of clinicians and patients during slitlamp examination potentially places eyecare providers at a high risk of aerosolised particles from respiratory droplets. The use of slitlamp barriers has become increasingly common during the current COVID-19 global pandemic. 2 We decided to evaluate the ability of the Slit Lamp Shield to reduce potential droplet exposure. In our simulation (Video S1), a clinician attired in personal protective equipment including surgical mask and face shield was positioned in the examination position. Without the shield, dye was found on the clinician's face shield, mask, gown, gloves, desk and the machine itself. When the experiment was repeated with the shield in position, most of the dye was located on the outside of the shield, with smaller amounts on the clinician gloves, desk and machine ( Figure 1) . Importantly, there was no dye on the clinician's face shield or mask.	./cache/cord-346846-yle3z5z2.txt	./txt/cord-346846-yle3z5z2.txt