What You Need to Know about Your Albumin Eye Drops
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- Remember: • Order your eye drops from the Princess Margaret Outpatient Pharmacy 14 business days before you need them
- • Don’t let anyone else use your eye drops
- You must pick up your eye drops.
- What are albumin eye drops
- How long does it take to make my albumin eye drops
- Why does it take so long to make albumin eye drops
- How can I order more albumin eye drops
| What You Need to Know about Your Albumin Eye Drops Read this information to learn: • what albumin eye drops are • how to order them • how to store them • who to call if you have any questions or need to order more
They take 7 to 10 business days to make. • Keep them in the freezer until the first time you use them. Once you open a bottle, you can keep it in the refrigerator or at room temperature for up to 24 hours. You must use a new bottle every day.
Please visit the UHN Patient Education website for more health information: www.uhnpatienteducation.ca © 2015 University Health Network. All rights reserved. This information is to be used for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Please consult your health care provider for advice about a specific medical condition. A single copy of these materials may be reprinted for non-commercial personal use only. Author: Princess Margaret Outpatient Pharmacy Revised: 03/2015 Form: D-5699 Princess Margaret My albumin eye drops will be ready on:
The Outpatient Pharmacy at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre will call you to let you know when they are ready. You must pick up your eye drops. They can't be delivered to you because they must be kept frozen. If your eye drops are not kept frozen, this will affect how long they are good for (stability).
2 What are albumin eye drops? Albumin eye drops help treat very dry eyes when other eye products don’t work. Albumin is a protein that is found in your blood.
You need a prescription from your doctor to order albumin eye drops. Bring your prescription to the Princess Margaret Outpatient Pharmacy on the main floor of Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. We make albumin eye drops just for you. They cannot be used by anyone else.
It takes about 7 to 10 business days to make your albumin eye drops. Bring your prescription to the pharmacy 14 business days before you need them. This will give us time to get your eye drops ready. Why does it take so long to make albumin eye drops? There are many steps we take to make sure your eye drops are safe and sterile (free of germs). After you bring in your prescription: We order albumin from the blood bank and special albumin eye dropper bottles. We receive the eye dropper bottles and send them to Toronto General Hospital so they can be sterilized. This takes about 2 days. After they are sterilized, the bottles are sent to the Princess Margaret Inpatient Pharmacy (another pharmacy in the hospital). The development of patient education resources is supported by the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation. 3 The Inpatient Pharmacy staff carefully makes the eye drops to make sure the drops are clean and safe to use. The Inpatient Pharmacy staff sends a sample to the Microbiology Department. Here, they check the sample to make sure it is free from harmful germs. This takes about 3 days. The Inpatient Pharmacy staff calls us to let us know the albumin eye drops are ready to pick up. We do a final check at the Outpatient Pharmacy before we call you to pick up your drops. You must pick up your eye drops. They can't be delivered to you because they must be kept frozen. How do I store my albumin eye drops at home? Keep your albumin eye drops in the freezer until the first time you use them. You must thaw the bottle before using it. Thaw only one bottle a day. Once you open the bottle, you can keep it in the refrigerator or at room temperature for up to 24 hours. You must use a new bottle every day. Albumin eye drops are good for 3 months from when they are made. Please check the expiry date on your eye dropper bottles.
Please call the Princess Margaret Outpatient Pharmacy at 416 946 6593 at least 14 business days before you need more eye drops.
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