The OpticianPub Date : 2021-10-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2021.10.8742
Tina Arbon Black, Peter Black
{"title":"Fundamentals of ophthalmic dispensing 22: Contact lens regulations","authors":"Tina Arbon Black, Peter Black","doi":"10.12968/opti.2021.10.8742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2021.10.8742","url":null,"abstract":"Tina Arbon Black and Peter Black discuss the basics of contact lenses and the regulations relating to their supply.","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75387679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The OpticianPub Date : 2021-10-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2021.10.8736
Kate L. Gifford
{"title":"Advancing the treatment of myopia in children: part 3: Risk to benefit comparison of myopia controlling contact lenses","authors":"Kate L. Gifford","doi":"10.12968/opti.2021.10.8736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2021.10.8736","url":null,"abstract":"Dr Kate Gifford offers an analysis of the safety of myopia controlling contact lens wear in childhood compared to the lifetime risks of eye disease and vision impairment associated with myopia.","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"6 12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86412715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The OpticianPub Date : 2021-09-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2021.9.8715
Neil Retallic
{"title":"The person behind the contact lens","authors":"Neil Retallic","doi":"10.12968/opti.2021.9.8715","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2021.9.8715","url":null,"abstract":"In an article based heavily on his BCLA presidential address broadcast last week, newly appointed BCLA president Neil Retallic takes a holistic approach to eye care and considers how this can influence the successful wear of contact lenses.","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90679538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The OpticianPub Date : 2021-09-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2021.9.8711
K. Dumbleton, Debbie Laughton, J. Palombi
{"title":"Presbyopia and multifocal contact lenses 2: Prescribing and fitting","authors":"K. Dumbleton, Debbie Laughton, J. Palombi","doi":"10.12968/opti.2021.9.8711","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2021.9.8711","url":null,"abstract":"In the second of two articles looking at the role that multifocal contact lenses can play in the correction of presbyopia, Professor Kathy Dumbleton, Dr Debbie Laughton and Dr Jennifer Palombi discuss prescribing trends, recommendations for prescribing, supplemental fitting tools and patient satisfaction.","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82521945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The OpticianPub Date : 2021-09-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2021.9.240629
Emma White
{"title":"The road ahead","authors":"Emma White","doi":"10.12968/opti.2021.9.240629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2021.9.240629","url":null,"abstract":"What is in store for the future of OCT technology?","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85520043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The OpticianPub Date : 2021-09-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2021.9.240636
Bill Harvey
{"title":"Making a point of care","authors":"Bill Harvey","doi":"10.12968/opti.2021.9.240636","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2021.9.240636","url":null,"abstract":"Bill Harvey highlights the use of a point of care test in diagnosing dry eye.","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"339 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82954490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The OpticianPub Date : 2021-09-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2021.9.240233
I. Daly
{"title":"Celestial navigators","authors":"I. Daly","doi":"10.12968/opti.2021.9.240233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2021.9.240233","url":null,"abstract":"Dr Ilse Daly uncovers how the visual system of the dung beetle allows it to navigate in straight lines.","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"89 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89054357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The OpticianPub Date : 2021-09-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2021.9.8725
D. Gherghel
{"title":"Pharmacovigilance 2","authors":"D. Gherghel","doi":"10.12968/opti.2021.9.8725","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2021.9.8725","url":null,"abstract":"In the second of two articles offering an overview of pharmacovigilance and its relevance to eye care practice, Dr Doina Gherghel focuses on the essential role of clinical trials in establishing the evidence base to support the evolution of practice strategy.","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79561031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The OpticianPub Date : 2021-08-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2021.8.8708
D. Gherghel
{"title":"Pharmacovigilance 1","authors":"D. Gherghel","doi":"10.12968/opti.2021.8.8708","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2021.8.8708","url":null,"abstract":"In the first of two articles offering an overview of pharmacovigilance and its relevance to eye care practice, Dr Doina Gherghel explains both the concept and its associated legislation (C78866, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and therapeutic optometrists)","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75494620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The OpticianPub Date : 2021-08-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2021.8.239724
Simon Jones
{"title":"Controlling coronavirus at conferences","authors":"Simon Jones","doi":"10.12968/opti.2021.8.239724","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2021.8.239724","url":null,"abstract":"With several key exhibitions and conferences on the horizon, Simon Jones asks what organisers are doing to instil confidence among delegates","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87197736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}