Practice Tip: Fit Contact Lenses for Frame Selection
As non-contact lens-wearing patients who have high-refractive errors can have a difficult time “seeing” themselves in frames, Susan Resnick, OD, FAAO, recommends inserting a pair of contact lenses prior to sending the patient to the optical as a tactic to increase contact lens wear in one’s practice. “In addition to providing the desired vision, these patients get to experience the comfort, freedom, and vision of contact lenses” she writes. “Further, this tactic has resulted in frame sales increases, and these patients have converted to contact lens wear.” For additional tips, see “Fit More Contact Lenses,” at https://www.optometricmanagement.com/issues/2022/august-2022/clinical-contact-lenses.
Coopervision Offers Scleral Lens Training in September
CooperVision Specialty Eye Care says it plans to release a new series of workshops focused on scleral lens fitting, consultation, and practice management in September. Titled “Beyond the Limbus,” the dual-tracked series offers training for intermediate and advanced scleral lens fitters and basic training for support staff and eye care providers. The workshops are available to ECPs in the United States and Canada. To learn more about “Beyond the Limbus,” or to register for one of the workshops listed above, please visit https://2604005.hs-sites.com/beyondthelimbusfall2022.
Licaminlimab Trials Progress for DED and Uveitis
Oculis announced the publication of Phase 2 data demonstrating topical licaminlimab’s ability to relieve persistent ocular discomfort in severe dry eye disease in Clinical Ophthalmology’s July edition. (Read the article at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35821785/.) The therapy aims to be the first topical biologic to treat DED and is also being investigated in a Phase 2 trial for uveitis.
Sports-related Eye Injuries Account for 26,000 Eye Injuries
Data from Prevent Blindness indicate that more than 26,000 sports-related eye injuries were treated in the United States last year, this on the eve of September, which the non-profit organization has declared Sports Eye Safety Month. Specifically, the data show that the category of “non-powder guns, darts, arrows, and slingshots” had the overall highest rate of eye injuries for the previous year. Children ages 0-12 had the highest rate of injuries for “pool and water sports.” Injuries include eye infections, irritations, scratches, and trauma.
Vision Council Touts Innovation Stage Lineup at Vision Expo West
The Vision Council, co-organizer of Vision Expo, introduced a schedule of programming for The Innovation Stage at Vision Expo West, taking place Sept. 14 to Sept. 17, in Las Vegas. Designed to serve as the main stage destination on the show floor, The Innovation Stage will host keynote speaker Shawn Kanungo covering the topic “The Future of Eyecare is Human,” on Sept. 15, at 4 p.m. The full schedule can be found here.
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