Pre-Treatment

OBJECTIVE: Relate patient pre and post treatment principles.

Treatment room preparation

1) Introduction to your equipment:

A. What you really need (and don’t need)
B. How to cope with the most common malfunction of the implanter (proper tuning and cleansing)
C. Recommended autoclaves (necessary only when using non-disposable implanter tubes) sterile probes, hectograph pens, which table is best, which tray is most utilitarian, etc.
D. Insurance requirements

2) Patient management:

A. Use of formulas. How to evaluate each patient’s individual Dermagraphic needs for optimal saturation of pigment.
B. Pain preparation. Educating the physician: -as to which topicals are prescribed by experienced Ophthalmologists -why injections are both inappropriate and unnecessary
C. Patient comfort. Evaluating the patients’: -psychological attitude regarding the procedure -physical acceptability to the prescribed pigment -discovering any pre-existing conditions (medications, allergies, skin problems, medical history, etc .) to promote the effectiveness of the procedure and prevent obstacles not allowing for optimal saturation.
   

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