Eye donation quiz

1. EYE DONATION QUIZ
AN OBJECTIVE QUIZ –
AIMED AT SPREADING AWARENESS ON EYE
DONATION

2. What do you mean by Eye Donation?
Donating eyes after death
Donating eyes during life
Donating eyes during fetal life
Donating eyes during embryonic life
Eyes can be donated only after death unlike other organs like kidney, skin and
liver. Removal of eye or a part of it disturbs the integrity of the globe. Hence
even if the patient is blind with a healthy cornea, the eye can only be donated
after death.

3. What is meant by pledging the eyes?
Consent expressing wish to donate eye during life
Consent expressing wish to donate eye after death
Both
None
Pledging of the eyes means signing a consent letter (by people who want to donate
their eyes) during their lifetime stating their willingness to donate their eyes after
death

4. Can the person wearing spectacles donate eyes?
• Yes
• No

5. Can a person who has undergone cataract
operation still donate eyes?
Yes always
No never
Only if cornea is normal
None
Patients who have undergone cataract surgery can donate their corneas
provided it was not a complicated or traumatic surgery. Complicated
surgeries have high chances of compromising the cornea making it unfit for
donation.

6. What should be the age of donor?
Above 10 years
Above 20 years
All ages
Below 60 years
Cornea can be donated at any age after death.
The young corneas are usually ideal for donation purpose and
good visual outcome.

7. What to do in the event of a death?
Cover eye lids
Switch off the fans.
Put wet cotton on lids
Inform eye bank
All
After the death of the person who has pledged his eye, the first thing to be done is to
close his eyes and place eye packs over them. The fan or the air conditioner should
be switched off. The eye bank must be informed as soon as possible so that the eye
can be retrieved within 6 hours of death. Wait for the eye bank personnel to arrive.
Meanwhile, it is advisable to elevate the head end of the body with some pillows
placed beneath the head in order to avoid bleeding after eye removal.

8. Within how many hours after death eye donation can be done?
3 hours
4 hours
10 hours
6 hours
The eye should be retrieved within 6 hours from death of the patient to prevent
autolysis and degradation of the retrieved tissue. Degradation would make the
tissue unsuitable for use.

9. Does eye donation delay the funeral process?
No
Yes
Sometimes
Often
It does not delay the funeral process as the eye is retrieved within 6 hours.

10. Does the body need to be shifted to the hospital for eye donation?
Yes
No
Sometimes
Often
The team of eye care professional including one authorized doctor reaches
the site of death as soon as possible after being informed. They retrieve the
tissue at the donor’s home and there is no need to shift the body to any
hospital.

11. Does removing the eyes disfigure the face of the deceased?
No
Yes
Sometimes
Often
There is no disfigurement of the face as after the globes are removed the socket
is replaced with a shell and the lid is covered over it. If required a tiny stitch is
place to hold the lid closed.

12. What happens to the eyes stored in eye bank?
It is examined
It is stored in appropriate media
All
The eyeball is preserved in a special solution so that it remains viable for at least 3
days. After which it is thoroughly examined to look for the quality and whether it is
good enough to be transplanted. The blood sample collected from the donor’s body
at the time of eye retrieval is sent to the laboratory to test for the presence of any
transmissible disease. The patient requiring the donated eye is then informed as
well as the operating surgeon.

13. Which part of eye is transplanted in the receiver of the eye?
Lens
Retina
Cornea
All
The part of the eyeball that is transplanted is the cornea. Cornea is the anterior
transparent watch glass- like structure.

14. What is an eye bank?
 Retrieved eye examined
 Link between donor and eye hospital
 Retrieved eye stored
 All
Eye bank is referred to as ‘the link between the donor and the eye hospital’. They
retrieve and co ordinate with the eye hospital about the donated eyes.

15. Can eyes be donated if the one who pledges his/ her eye is
blind?
Yes, if cornea normal
No
Often
Sometimes
A blind person can pledge to donate his eyes after death provided his cornea is
normal and is cause of blindness is not cornea related.

16. Who cannot donate eyes?
Corneal disease
AIDS
Hepatitis
All
All patients suffering or harboring any transmissible disease like HIV, hepatitis B,
hepatitis C, etc strictly cannot donate their eyes. Again, patients with diseased
cornea in any form are unsuitable donors.

17.  We appreciate your participation in EYE QUIZ
 Since you are aware now of EYE DONATION you may
pledge for EYE DONATION and ask for a EYE DONATION
FORM which will be posted to you in a self addressed
envelope.
 DONATE EYES GIFT SIGHT
 In the public interest by:
 Dr.Agarwal’s Eye Hospital Limited
 For more details you may visit our hospital or you may call
3300 8800