COVID-19 Update #8
IACLE webinar on COVID-19 and contact lens practice
More than 200 educators and students joined our live webinar on ‘Contact lens practice in the COVID-19 scenario’ led by President Dr Shehzad Naroo and Vice President Professor Philip Morgan. Watch the webinar on our new teaching online platform, IACLETOP.
Low rate of conjunctivitis in COVID-19 patients
A new study by Docherty et al published in the British Medical Journal found that of 20,133 patients admitted to UK hospitals with COVID-19, only 0.3% of those experiencing symptoms presented with conjunctivitis, the lowest incidence of all the symptoms reported.
COVID-19: An eye on the virus
An editorial by Cho & Boost in press in Contact Lens & Anterior Eye suggests ‘Avoid touching MEN’ (Mouth, Eyes, Nose) as a reminder that the virus can enter via any of these gateways. Of these entry points, the least considered has been the eyes, the authors say.
Diagnostic lenses in the age of ISO and COVID-19
A Summit of Specialty Contacts lecture by Dr Louise Sclafani and Professor Loretta Szczotka-Flynn discusses the ‘new normal’ in diagnostic lens disinfection, in light of new International Standards Organization (ISO) guidelines and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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