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How can contact lens wearers optometrists navigate these new challenges, and what tools, How can practitioners are at their disposal to help prevent contact lens them do so? We had a lot of Showing patients their returned to practice. contact lens orders the first two weeks Of ocular surface has also been Former British Contact lockdown" "fantastic" in reducing Lens Association president Fiona Kavanaugh, independent optometrist dropout, she explained. [Extracted from the article]

8 www.optometry.co.uk/cpd OT Contact lenses CPD Contact lenses for younger patients CPD / The first step is to try and break down any barriers and An informed consent form should be read and signed by both the parent ' build a rapport, for instance, by chatting about what or carer and the patient. Then that the patient has enough lenses coach them how to apply and remove after explaining and and solutions for the intervening the lenses themselves. Application and removal without the tea rs and tantrums KEITH TEMPANY Experiences ofgetting younger patients to successfully handle their contact lenses It's not what you do... "Kids are not small adults" is a well coined phrase and never truer than 0 e when it comes to the contact lens fk, application and removal session. [Extracted from the article]

Research potential problems of poor case hygiene published in 2017 showed that the risk of serious infection in paediatric contact lens 4 www.optometry.co.uk/cpd OT Contact lenses CPD Contact lenses for younger patients CPD Parents and children will have many misconceptions about being fitted with contact lenses at a young age, so it is important to allay their fears / In clinical practice, the authors have had great success in the "all day ~fort trial". KEITH TEMPANY & INDIE GREWAL Sharing tips on starting the contact lens conversation with children and their parents here are many good reasons that contact lenses should be offered to all patients irrespective of age because of the positive impact they can have on quality of life. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the practical guide for eye care practitioners (ECPs) in fitting multifocal contact lenses (MFCLs). Topics discussed include the importance of patient communication, measuring ocular dominance and refraction, and the vitality of maintaining the most comfortable distance vision especially in certain conditions such as driving.

The article reports that the eye care practitioners (ECPs) in the Great Britain growing their contact lens business. It states that technological innovations in contact lenses brings new designs of contact lenses and materials. Topics discussed include presbyopia impact on vision, use of multifocal contact lenses in correcting presbyopia and contact lens dropout rates.

The article offers several steps to multi-focal success. It discusses that most patients are wowed by new technology so try them out with the latest lenses, cost is not always an issue for this age group especially if it is for part time use; getting some advocates on the showroom floor, talk to them about the options with their vision and get them to try multi-focal contact lenses; and mentions that do not over-egg what multi-focal contact lenses can do.

The article presents questions and answers related to orthokeratology (ortho-k) including one about orthokeratology aftercare of patients, and another about an image showing the numerical engravings for indentification on the posterior surface of an ortho-K lens.