[ISO 9001-2000 certification for refractive laser treatment].

Purpose: To obtain ISO 9001-2000 certification for laser corneal refractive treatment, never before sought in Europe.

Material And Methods: The consulting firm Veritas led the certification process with the clinic's staff manager. This ISO norm is dedicated to the implementation of a quality management system.

[Ambulatory ocular surgery].

Out-patient ocular surgery exists in numerous countries and is currently making its debut in France. The authors note, from a series of 286 out-patients lens implantation operations, that the rate of complications does not significantly differ from that of in-patient procedures. These figures corroborate the results published in the United-States.