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Tools of the trade

The Optometry Australia bookshop officially closed its doors in July 2018. Although we can no longer supply you with the latest books and equipment, below are a number of suppliers who stock items we previously carried.

If you’re looking for our patient brochures they are available in here.

Accessories & merchandise

Contrast sensitivity charts

National Vision Research Institute

Indigenous tent card

Indigenous tent card prompt from University of Melbourne Indigenous Eye Health
Indigenous tent card information sheet

Eye charts

BOC Instruments
Designs for Vision
Hanks
Medshop

Vision testing and accessories

Designs for Vision
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Medshop
Mentone Educational
Aviva & Mann Optics

Books

Australian Medicines Handbook
The Co-op
Elesvier Australia
Hanks
John Wiley & Sons
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
McGraw Hill Australia
MIMS Australia (medicines information)
Oxford University Press

You can also search via Google, eBay, Amazon, Booktopia and other quality online bookstores for optometry textbooks.

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