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  • Good habits, healthy eyes for all
    contact lens wearers

    Contact lens wearers have a lot to remember when it comes to correct wear and care habits for their lenses. Our new handout gives them a quick reminder of some of the important points to be aware of.[Link to handout]
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     


  • Good habits, healthy eyes for young
    contact lens wearers

    How do you communicate about hygiene with your pediatric patients who wear contact lenses? Download our patient handout designed specifically for children.[Link to handout]
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     


  • Digital eye strain

    Do you find yourself explaining the causes, effects and solutions for digital eye strain to your patients on a regular basis? Consider sharing our handout.[Link to handout]
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     


  • Presbyopia

    How do you prepare your patients for the visual changes that they will experience once they reach their 40s? Download our patient handout, which we designed to help you explain presbyopia as well as the contact lens designs available for them to try.[Link to handout]
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     


  • Dry eye discomfort?

    According to the latest from the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society’s DEWS II report, dry eye disease is complex and multifactorial, with a host of potential management options. Download our patient handout, which lists some measures that patients can take to participate in their own care.[Link to handout]
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     


  • Cleaning instructions for contact lens wearers

    New technology designed to outsmart bacteria on contact lenses and cases is in development, but that doesn’t mean eye care providers can ease up on patient instructions. Our patient handout is designed to facilitate that conversation.[Link to handout]
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     


  • Don’t be casual with your contact lenses

    Download our patient handout, which targets young people who aren’t sure how to care for their contact lenses when faced with the prospect of sleeping away from home unexpectedly.[Link to handout]
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     


  • Protecting your eyes from the sun

    Download our patient handout illustrating the potential ocular effects of ultraviolet radiation as well as the most effective ways to protect one’s eyes.[Link to handout]
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     


  • Meibomian gland dysfunction

    We developed our MGD handout with significant input from the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society, using its 2011 Report on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction as a guideline and distilling the information into language we believe will speak directly to the average lay person who has been diagnosed with MGD. We designed it to be a reference they can take home with them. It touches on the significance of meibomian glands with respect to maintaining ocular comfort and health, the ways in which these glands might have become problematic, and provides a checklist for busy ECPs to use in outlining the most appropriate home-based treatment.[Link to handout]

     


  • Eye makeup tips for people who wear soft
    contact lenses

    “Should I insert contact lenses before or after applying mascara?”

    “Do I really need to replace my makeup every few months?”

    “I don’t have an eye infection. Can I share my makeup with friends?”

    Our evidence-based patient handout answers these questions and more. [Link to handout]
     
     
     


  • Play it safe no matter what type of contact lens!

    With different regulations governing the sale of contact lenses across the world, it’s no wonder some consumers get confused about where to buy and how to care for decorative lenses.

    That’s why the CCLR developed this information sheet – to help you remind your patients of the bottom line: Before you buy decorative contact lenses, talk to your eye care provider! [Link to handout]
     
     
     
     
     


  • Can Kids Wear Contact Lenses?

    What do you advise parents when they ask if contact lenses might be suitable for their children? Consider supporting your dialogue with this patient handout, developed by the Centre for Contact Lens Research. [Link to handout]
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     


  • Healthy Soft Contact Lens Habits

    With growing concerns about compliance issues with respect to the wear of contact lenses, the AOCLE wanted to establish a standardized set of basic instructions for patients to follow. A “Healthy Soft CL habits” guide was launched in 2010 in which basic hygiene and lens care issues are illustrated with easy to follow instructions based on the latest literature. The guide offers an overview of hand washing, an overview of the care of soft CL (use of tap water, rub and rinse), cleaning and replacement of lens cases, no topping off of solutions and more. The guide is completely generic and is available in English, French and Spanish. The healthy habits can be reviewed with novice users or as a review of non-compliant patients. [Link to handout]

 

Issues

  • Multifocal Contact Lenses
  • Artificial Tears: An Update
  • Myopia: New Evidence and Best Practices
  • Neuropathic Pain
  • Specialty Rigid Lenses
  • Contact lens compliance
  • Pandemic update
  • Digital Devices and Dry Eye: A Growing Issue
  • The long and short of axial length
  • Using BCLA CLEAR with your patients
  • Helping your patients through allergy season
  • Getting the measure of meibomian glands
  • 2020: An extraordinary year
  • Scleral lens update
  • A dose of myopia
  • New news since TFOS DEWS II
  • COVID-19 Special Edition
  • Material considerations
  • Putting dry eye theory into practice
  • Getting started with Ortho-K
  • Infiltrates – an update
  • Staining
  • Myopia matters: Summarising the IMI reports
  • Lids and contact lenses
  • Myths
  • Revisiting patient compliance
  • Contact Lenses & Kids
  • Interprofessional Collaboration
  • Digital eye strain
  • New Dry Eye Technology
  • Update on Presbyopia
  • Taking stock of dry eye disease: DEWS II
  • Scleral Lenses
  • Pain and Sensation
  • Lab measurements in clinical practice
  • Control of pediatric myopia
  • Nutrition
  • Rethinking contact lens deposits
  • Extended wear
  • Daily Disposables
  • Eyelash Mites (Demodex)
  • Outsmarting bacteria with new technology
  • Youth and contact lenses
  • Sports Vision
  • Ocular effects of UV radiation from the sun
  • Eyelid Conditions
  • Makeup: Impact on ocular health
  • Myopia Control – Update 2014
  • The Growing Prevalence of Myopia
  • Cosmetic contact lenses
  • Contact lens discomfort – The essentials
  • Technology and contact lens research
  • It's A Question of Comfort
  • Contact lens materials
  • Let's talk about SICS
  • Conjunctival Controversies
  • Kids & Contact Lenses
  • One-day silicone hydrogel lenses
  • Solutions
  • Spotlight on Scleral lenses
  • Drug delivery via contact lenses
  • Ocular allergies
  • Reducing lens case contamination
  • Dry eye and meibomium gland dysfunction
  • Myopia Control
  • Presbyopia
  • Compliance and non-compliance
  • Lens care
  • Celebrating 50 years of contact lenses

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