Hand sanitiser is leading to eye injuries in young children during the COVID-19 pandemic, including serious corneal lesions requiring surgery, ophthalmologists and toxicologists have warned.
Myopia prevalence in young school-children rose significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a large Chinese study which found prevalence increased almost 400 per cent in six-year-olds.
Early career optometrist Mina You may have just begun her career but she is well prepared for the future, having learnt how to see and embrace opportunities in disruption.
More than 80 member optometrists have signed up as mentors and mentees to our free mentoring program. Here we profile four and explain how you can help your colleagues or be helped.
Not surprisingly, coronavirus dominated the top 10 most viewed news items and updates on our website in 2020.
Doctors have reported the first case of permanent loss of visual acuity which ‘may have been induced by SARS-CoV-2.’
Optometry Australia’s 102-year-old journal, Clinical and Experimental Optometry (CXO), will be published by Taylor & Francis from 1 January 2021.
The Victorian Police Fugitive Task Force is appealing for assistance from optometrists to locate Graham Gene POTTER and have offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to his capture.
A project using e-learning and simulation-based modules to mitigate risks for optometrists and improve patient outcomes has received $9,500 in VOTE funding.
Following a process that commenced in 2015, the Medicare Benefits Schedule Taskforce has concluded its review of more than 5,700 Medicare items.
