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CHICAGO — Ophthalmologists and their staff must take more aggressive preventive measures against toxic anterior segment syndrome, according to one of the leaders of a task force convened to combat the infection. Speaking here at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) meeting, Nick Mamalis, MD, outlined steps the task force has determined are necessary to contain TASS outbreaks. The task force was convened by the ASCRS in 2006 following outbreaks in more than 100 centers.