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Year : 2012 | Volume
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How often are spectacle lenses not dispensed as prescribed?
Kanwar Mohan1, Ashok Sharma2
1 Squint Centre, Chandigarh, India 2 Cornea Centre, Chandigarh, India
Correspondence Address:
Kanwar Mohan Squint Centre, SCO: 833-834 (2nd Floor), Sector 22-A, Chandigarh India
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.103796
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Spectacles are routinely prescribed by the ophthalmologist and dispensed by the opticians. We investigated how frequently the spectacles are not dispensed as prescribed and whether the frequency of inaccurate spectacles would decrease if the patients, at the time of collecting spectacles, ask the optician to verify that the spectacles have been dispensed accurately. We found inaccurate spectacles in about one-third of our patients and incorrect spherocylinders more frequently with an error in the spherical element and cylinder axis. These inaccuracies decreased significantly when patients while collecting spectacles, asked the optician to verify the accuracy of the spectacles dispensed. It is suggested that while prescribing spectacles, the patients should be made aware of the possibility of dispensing errors. To decrease the frequency of incorrect spectacles, the patients while collecting spectacles, should ask the optician to check whether the spectacles have been dispensed accurately. |
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