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| It is with great pleasure we bring you the 7th edition of Visions magazine along with a brand new look for 2010. A recent evaluation of our corporate brand revealed that, despite strong recognition around the world, the Bausch + Lomb name was under-leveraged and needed to become more relevant and modern. Our updated brand identity is a strong signal of a new era at Bausch + Lomb and will help us achieve our vision of becoming the leader in eye health worldwide. |
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| Alongside the revitalisation of our brand, and with a renewed focus on education, our Vision Care division has relaunched the Academy of Vision Care™ website, www.academyofvisioncare.co.uk. The new website allows you to personalise your experience with new features such as "My Academy" and "My Space" offering you the opportunity to pick and choose how you would like to structure your education. Additionally, there are now a total of 18 Continuing Education and Training (CET) points available in accredited materials from a host of key opinion leaders. It also allows you to store CET points you may have accrued through other online education in your own CET diary. Why not fulfil one of your New Year's resolutions by logging on and registering for a CET accredited course today? |
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| Following the educational theme, our Pharmaceutical division starts its year by building awareness of nutrition and its impact on vision. A number of hospitals have already adopted new protocols on how to manage patients with macular health concerns, such as the nurse-led clinic in Wolverhampton featured in this edition. Bausch + Lomb is also running a series of educational events concerning the management of ocular inflammation following uveitis... read more... |
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| In closing, I would like to wish you and your families a happy and prosperous New Year. |
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| Best regards |
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| Jill Collishaw |
| Editor - Visions Magazine |
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| These new additions to our parameter range means ECPs can now fit more of their daily disposable patients with the toric lens to deliver clear, stable vision and exceptional visual quality. |
| SofLens® daily disposable Toric for Astigmatism is the only daily disposable for astigmatism that delivers the complete visual performance and all-day comfort... read more... |
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| Ocuvite® Complete is an advanced antioxidant formulation that was developed by Bausch + Lomb based on the most current research in macular health and nutrition. It contains high quality omega-3 fatty acids, lutein, |
| zeaxanthin, vitamins C and E,and zinc at levels that are not easily achievable from an average UK diet... read more... |
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| Bausch + Lomb (Surgical) are pleased to announce the availability of newly designed I/A handpieces in the single use accessories portfolio. |
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| For most cataract surgeons there is a... read more... |
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| NHS Supply Chain manages the sourcing, delivery and supply of medical consumable products for over 600 NHS trusts and healthcare organisations in England and Wales. It provides a single point of access to over 620,000 products ranging from bandages to wheelchairs, from gloves to implants, and a complete range of Ophthalmic products including Intraocular lenses.The organisation is operated by DHL on behalf of the NHS Business Services Authority and aims to provide over £1 billion of savings to the NHS by 2016.
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| Through its one route solution that consolidates all products onto one invoice and delivery. NHS organisations can save up to £1 per product through removal of internal processes, and the need for up to 60 deliveries if orders are direct from individual suppliers.
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| NHS Supply Chain offers a reliable and high quality logistics service. They deliver on time, with 99% accuracy, and at a location to suit their customer's requirements. They also operate with a minimum service level of 98% product availability and guarantee a 24/7 emergency service, 365 days a year. read more...
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| Som Prasad |
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| Tom Williamson |
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| Thorsten Boker |
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| During the evening preceding the 2009 BEAVRS Symposium at the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam, panellists discussed current issues in VR surrounding cut rate, gauge size, wound construction and some of the benefits |
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| and features of the new anterior/posterior combination machine, Stellaris® PC, due to be launched to the market in 2010. |
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| Som Prasad |
| B+L, as you know, have a long history |
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| of supplying us with good surgical platforms from the days of Stortz® and the Premiere machine, which I first trained on when I was a VR Registrar, then more recently the 25 gauge sutureless technology, which has really revolutionised a lot of what we do. |
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| Tom Williamson |
| It's all about speed, as you know, and I thought this would have been an easy talk to give, it's either fast or it's slow; but when you dig a bit deeper into the subject of course it's not a simple as that. read more... |
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| Standard spherical lenses create positive spherical aberrations as the peripheral rays come to a shorter focus than the central rays. This results in degradation in retinal image quality, causing a loss in contrast sensitivity. Pseudophakic patients' eyes with standard IOLs |
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| Figure 1-(A) Standard Spherical IOL |
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| have more spherical aberrations than phakic patients' eyes of the same age. In the younger population, a negative spherical aberration of the crystalline lens compensates for positive spherical aberration of the cornea. However, with age, this compensation is gradually lost, |
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| Figure 1-(B) Aberrated Asperic IOL |
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| leading to an increase in positive spherical aberrations 1-4. Implanting a spherical IOL adds to the already positive spherical aberrations of the ocular system and can impair the visual outcome with a loss of contrast sensitivity in low light conditions. read more...
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| Figure 1-(C) Aspheric Aberration-Free IOL |
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| Wolverhampton Eye Infirmary (WEI) is one of many eye units around the UK that is responsible for providing specialised treatment for patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a potentially blinding disease. |
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| Led by Professor Yit Yang, the retinal services have rapidly evolved over the last year to provide an efficient treatment service for AMD patients. Previous to the introduction of intravitreal anti-VEGF therapy, Wolverhampton Eye Infirmary (WEI) was providing a tertiary PDT service for a population of over 1 million people. The transition from photodynamic therapy (PDT) to anti-VEGF therapies has necessitated equipment. |
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| The increase in the frequency of follow up visits from 3 monthly with PDT to monthly with anti-VEGF's, and the fact that if diagnosed early, all patients suffering with Wet AMD could potentially be eligible for treatment, has meant the retinal team have had to adapt methods to cope with their workload. A rolesharing approach has been adopted to make full use of the knowledge and skills that many individuals within the team have gained from running a PDT Service. |
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| Prompt referral for treatment increases the potential for successful patient outcomes. Greatest benefits can be achieved if the diagnosis is made early and patients receive treatment before... read more.. |
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| Professor Yit Yang |
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| Jenny Nosek - Wolverhampton Eye Infirmary |
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| The last twenty years have seen remarkable technological advances for creating soft toric contact lenses for astigmats, and these advances have increased the options and variety of lenses available. It is an important achievement that these lenses can now deliver a wide range of correction for astigmatism, which is fairly common and occurs to a variety of degrees. In the general population, several studies have shown that the prevalence of astigmatism of >1 diopter is ~30%, including a study of over 2500 children in the United States. (Kleinstein 2003) For the contact lens-wearing population, 45% of patients have been estimated to have an astigmatism of >0.75 diopters. (Holden 1975) |
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| Despite the advances made, many astigmats still do not utilise this type of lens. (Morgan, 2009) With the large number of potential users, it is important that patients receive not only proper vision correction from their lenses, but also a high degree of satisfaction. |
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| Performance of Soft Toric Contact Lenses |
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| The toric lens aligns its axis of cylinder correctionto the axis of astigmatic error to neutralise any existing astigmatic refractive error. To help maintain this alignment several stabilisation designs are utilised which have some of the following... read more... |
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| Figure 1. A) To assess rotational recovery, the lens was manually rotated 45o temporally using a surgical sponge. B) The lens demonstrates good rotational recovery by returning to PGO within 1 minute. Note: Images are for demonstration only. Study lenses were not artificially marked. |
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| Bausch + Lomb was proud to support the CPD accredited meeting "Management of ocular inflammation" as part of The Royal Society of Medicine's ongoing Ophthalmology series. |
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| The meeting took place in the RSM's main lecture theatre in central London, on 9th September 2009, attracting an audience of 146 attendees. Chaired in delightful style by Professor Harminder Dua from the Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, the meeting brought together a strong panel of experts in the field of ocular inflammation, including two from the USA where |
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| Bausch + Lomb's anti-inflammatory eye drop Lotemax® has been used for over |
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| Dr Stephen Lane, Adjunct Clinical Professor from the University of |
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| Minnesota opened the meeting with a description of current trends in cataract surgery, starting with the role of steroids in the anti-inflammatory cascade. He reviewed the risk associated with... read more... |
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| Steve Martin |
| Director of Influence at Work (UK) |
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| Nick Pope |
| Global Director of Learning and Sales Training at Bausch + Lomb |
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| For over sixty years persuasion researchers have studied the influence process and found that anyone can significantly increase the likelihood that others will be persuaded by their requests, messages and advice by employing one or more of the six universal principles of influence. |
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| Social proof - people behave in a similar way to others who are like them.
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| Reciprocity - obligates people to do for others what they have done for them.
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| Consistency - causes people to act in line with previous commitments even if demands escalate.
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| Authority - people defer to those with expertise and credibility to guide their decisions.
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| Liking - people are influenced more by those whom they like and who like them.
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| Scarcity - opportunities appear more valuable when they appear less available.
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| At first glance, a story about toys seems rather out of place in a publication written for people who work in the Eye Care Profession, but with a little explanation the relevance should become clear.
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| Winter is the busiest and most profitable time of year for people who work in the toy industry with the manufacturers competing in a challenge to persuade children and parents that their toy should be regarded as THE 'must-have' toy. Whilst the toy itself is different each year - Tickle-Me-Elmo, Furby, Tracy Island and Nintendo Wii are some of the more recent examples - there is one thing that they all have in common. There never seems to be enough to go round.
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