Open-access OCTA tools showed similar reliability, but different vessel density values in glaucoma; researchers advise using one tool consistently.
|Articles|October 29, 2021
Poll Results: What is your biggest frustration with contact lens fitting?
Author(s)Brooke Henson, Editor
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Optometry Times® polled our audience with the following question from October 8, 2021 to October 22, 2021:
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29 ODs responded, in total. Of these:
- 9 responded "Poor patient compliance with wearing schedules"
- 2 responded "Poor patient compliance with lens cleaning and disinfection"
- 4 responded "Troubleshooting contact lens fits"
- 4 responded "Hassle of contact lens Rx verification"
- 10 responded "Losing revenue from patients purchasing lenses elsewhere"
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