Contact Lenses & Care
5 Opportunities to Talk to Your Patients About Halos and Glare
If you knew 77% of contact lens wearers agree they see reduced halos and glare with PureVision®2, would you tell your patients about it? Your patients will be glad you showed them how easy it is to help reduce halos and glare with Bausch + Lomb PureVision2 contact lenses with High Defintion™ Optics
Talk to Your Patients About Halos and Glare
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Add a question on your in-take form
The most important area of communication according to patients is for the eye care professional to have a thorough understanding of the patients eye history and problems. 68% of contact lens wearers and 77% of eyeglass only wearers rate this as important.- One way to ask your patients about problems they are experiencing is through an in-take form. Click here for an example of intake form that includes questions around patient experience of halos and glare.
You can recommend PureVision2 to your patients, which is designed to help reduce halos and glare in low light.
- One way to ask your patients about problems they are experiencing is through an in-take form. Click here for an example of intake form that includes questions around patient experience of halos and glare.
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Provide patients PureVision2 brochure
Ask your Bausch + Lomb representative for patient brochures.
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Demonstrate what halos look like for your patient
In the exam room, turn off the lights and point your Ophthalmoscope or pen light towards the patient and ask if he or she sees halos, glare, or starbursts around the light.
Majority of patients will notice starbursts or halo around the light. Ask if they notice this around headlights or traffic lights when they are driving at night. Then you can introduce PureVision2 HD, designed to reduce halos and glare in low light.
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Ask patients
Ask patients about other attributes to clear vision. Just as you discuss other attributes for spectacles, such as anti-reflective coatings, you can discuss the benefits of PureVision2 lenses, designed with aspheric optics, to help reduce halos and glare in low light.
- Show patients vision with the population average of spherical aberration, and vision with PureVision2 HD using pocket card.
