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Covid boosts practice tech
Technology for sterilising frames topped optometrists’ purchase list following the outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020, according to a survey by US-based online...
Covid-19 vaccination update
The Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board (ODOB) has joined the New Zealand Association of Optometrists’ call for optometrists to be included in the...
AMD exacerbates Covid complications
A study of 6,398 Covid-19-infected patients has shown that those with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) declined more rapidly, died at three times...
Myopia progression increasing in lockdown
A new Chinese study has revealed a substantial myopic shift in primary school-aged children during Covid-19 home confinement. The prospective, cross-sectional...
First Covid-19 home-testing kit approved
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an emergency use authorisation for the first Covid-19 diagnostic kit for self-testing at home. “Lucira Health’s
Covid’s impact on acute eye services and small-gauge vitrectomy concerns
The impact of Covid policies on acute ophthalmology services - Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Louisa Wickham et al Eye (Lond), 2020 Jul...
Retina vein width key to Covid-19 management?
Researchers have found what may be a direct link between the diameter of retinal veins and the severity of Covid-19, suggesting measuring retinal veins could form...
ODOB: Return to Alert Level 1
The following is a special Covid-19 update from the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board (ODOB) FROM THE ODOB BOARD (6 Oct 2020) As you will be...
ODOB: Covid-19 levels update 21/09/2020
The following is a special Covid-19 update from the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board (ODOB) FROM THE ODOB BOARD (21 Sept 2020) As you will be...
Ocular manifestations in Covid-19 children examined
More than 20% of children examined in Wuhan with confirmed Covid-19 showed various ocular manifestations, a new study shows. In the cross-sectional study, researchers investigated main
ODOB: Covid-19 levels update
The following is a special Covid-19 update from the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board (ODOB) FROM THE ODOB BOARD Following on from the Board’s...
Collecting Covid-19 frontline lessons
Voice memos from health workers around the world are being collected via a private WhatsApp chat group to capture their experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic...