IKU Vocational School Program of Opticianry organized a webinar titled “Contact Lenses” on Friday, April 2th. Johnson & Johnson Turkey Vision Care Medical Account Manager Dilara Doğan, Medical Account Manager Gülçin Şentürk, Area Sales Manager Serhan Par, Professional Education and Development Manager Banu Arslan, Marketing Manager Pınar Yiğiter Sobacı and Eye Diseases Specialist Op. Dr. Hakan Özkan attended the event as a speaker. The students showed great interest in the event, whose moderator was Lecturer Emin Aksan, an academic of the Program of Opticianry.
It was emphasized in the webinar that giving the prescription to the patient correctly is an important factor. The importance of prescription was emphasized by both the physician and the optician, and detailed up-to-date information on contact lens prescription was provided. Information was given about contact lenses, written parameters, visual defects, diameter, astigmatism, technology features. Acuvue brand philosophy; Up-to-date technical information about the design inspired by the review was conveyed. The importance of UV protection has been emphasized. Statements were made about Hydrogel and Silicone Hydrogel Acuvue brand contact lenses.
In the event, in which the latest technological information about Acuvue Oasys Family contact lenses was detailed, the importance of using them by active people who stay long hours in air-conditioned environments against digital screens was emphasized. Acuvue Moist Multifocal lenses, which develop technological products produced according to refractive errors, were introduced by expressing that the contact lens gives a sense of absence with oxygen permeability, high flexibility and breathability, and it was explained that features including differences for near vision were added.
Explaining why daily contact lenses are preferred and what should be considered in their use, our guests conveyed to the audience that Acuvue Oasys with Transitions lenses are known as light-knowing contact lenses. Our guests, who also gave information about the working principles of photochromic lenses, reminded that when exposed to UV light, darkening occurs.
Information was given about the Acuvue RevitaLens 2B class medical device for the care of the contact lens, and its importance for disinfection and comfort was emphasized. It was recommended that the lenses be cleaned and sterile in use.
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