Half of the systemic issues in Indigenous eyecare have been fixed, according to the 2019 Roadmap Update which shows Australia remains on track to Close the Gap for Vision for Indigenous Australians by 2020.
A new free resource aims to help eye care practitioners identify patients of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin and deliver culturally safer eye care.
Optometrists can minimise risk of complications from steroids with careful prescribing, Blue Sky Congress will hear next month.
A $240,000 grant will help optometrist Dr Zhichao Wu answer if new OCT imaging can identify who is at high risk of AMD progression.
Work by researchers from Sydney could lead to a screening tool using a tear sample to detect early diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
The importance of examining binocular vision in children should not be underestimated, a children’s vision conference will hear.
Melbourne optometrist Dr Laura Downie is leading a project to develop a point-of-care device that could be a game-changer in the diagnosis and sub-typing of dry eye disease.
WA optometrist Damon Ezekiel has co-founded a new organisation to promote scleral lenses and aid optometrists with their fitting.
Optometry Australia has produced a comprehensive clinical resource guide on contact lenses for members to keep and use in their every-day practice.
Optometrists who prescribe eye-drops for myopia have been urged to clearly label the script ‘MUST BE COMPOUNDED’ following incidents of Australian children receiving the wrong eye-drops from pharmacists.
