COVID-19 Resources

COVID-19 Update #3

Key considerations for contact lens practitioners

Optician and Contact Lens Spectrum summarize the Contact Lens & Anterior Eye paper by Jones et al, ‘COVID-19 pandemic: Important considerations for contact lens practitioners’.

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Special Edition of Contact Lens Update

The Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE) has a COVI-19 Special Edition with an editorial, feature and clinical insights on contact lenses during the pandemic.

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Patient handouts on COVID-19 and hygiene

CORE also has a range of handouts supporting good habits for contact lens wearers for practitioners to download, print and make use of in practice.

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Survey of future use of PPE in optometric practice

Most eye care practitioners plan to continue using higher standards of personal protective equipment (PPE), according to a survey by Dr Heiko Pult.

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Contact lens wearers reduce use during lockdown

More than seven in 10 contact lens wearers have reduced their use of contact lenses during lockdown, according to a UK survey by IACLE Vice President Professor Philip Morgan. 

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IACLE Web Lectures around the world

IACLE India and members in Germany are broadcasting live online lectures to support members in their online teaching. A new series of global weekly lectures will run in May.

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IACLE Position Statement in Spanish

The IACLE LA office has translated our Position Statement on the COVID-19 pandemic and contact lens use for distribution in Spanish-speaking countries.

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