Blepharitis Preferred Practice Pattern

There is no external funding, including industry/commercial support, for the development of this PPP or for the distribution of the guidelines. The Academy has fully funded the development of this PPP, and the views or interests of the Academy have not influenced the final recommendations, which are based on evidence from systematic reviews. All those individuals significantly involved in the guideline development process, including guideline panel members, PPP Committee members, Secretary for Quality of Care, and Academy Staff, have declared competing/financial interests through a financial interest disclosure process as well as an assessment of the Open Payments website (available at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/) .) . The interests of the guideline panel members are provided at the beginning of each meeting, and those with competing interests in a guideline topic do not participate in voting on areas of disagreement. In compliance with the Council of Medical Specialty Societies' Code for Interactions with Companies (available at https://cmss.org/code-for-interactions-with-companies/) ,) , relevant relationships with industry are listed. As per CMSS code, direct financial relationships with companies do not include food and beverages, research funds paid to the institution, and relationships outside of the topic of the PPP. The Academy has Relationship with Industry Procedures to comply with the Code (available at www.aao.org/about-preferred-practice-patterns) .) . A majority (64%) of the members of the Cornea/External Disease Preferred Practice Pattern Panel 2022-2023 had no direct financial relationships to disclose.