Dry eye checklist may help ODs treat patients more efficiently

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Scott Schachter, OD, discusses dry eye and how incorporating a dry eye checklist may help improve patient treatment.

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Scott Schachter, OD, discusses dry eye and how incorporating a dry eye checklist may help improve patient treatment.

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