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Practice Guideline
. 2020 Aug;68(8):1533-1539.
doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1827_20.

COVID-19 guidelines for optometry and optical services post-lockdown

Snehal Turakhia  1 , Yeshwant Saoji  2 , Aditya Goyal  3 , Prema Chande  4 , Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen  5 , Nagaraju Konda  6 , Nilesh Thite  7 , Deepak K Bagga  8 , Jayanta Bhattacharjee  4 , Rajeev Prasad  6 , Sanjay Mishra  9 , Lakshmi Shinde  10
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Practice Guideline

COVID-19 guidelines for optometry and optical services post-lockdown

Snehal Turakhia et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruption in everyone's lives globally. Optometrists, being primary health care professionals are at a higher risk of infection in their practices during these testing times. Optometrists and optical store owners need practically implementable guidelines as lockdown gets lifted in various parts of our country. As these practices gear up to provide eye examination and vision correction to people, they need to take necessary precautions to avoid any cross contaminations. Optometry Council of India guidelines were circulated among optometry and optical associations and among experts in various optometry specialty. A consensus among various bodies were arrived. These guidelines provide recommendation for optical and optometry practices.

Keywords: COVID-19; Contact lens; guideline; optical; optometry; pandemic.

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Flow chart depicting patient triage in optometry clinics
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