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Oct 25 2023

Re: Nanodropper

/Dr. H, not sure how you would get the drop out of bottle if you put a nano dropper on it, i would think that you would need to squeeze the bottle in order to get it out. Can't
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Jan 05 2023

Re: Nanodropper

I would use it for fluress(and other brands for Goldmann tonkmetry),considering their crazy high prices but I am not sure if the nanodropper tip would fit the glass bottles.

Dec 15 2022

I would be curious if anyone else is using this tech. We ordered a few samples to use in our clinic, with our dilating drops, but I have yet to recommend it to patients using glaucoma meds (or Vuity
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In Your Office: Glaucoma Flowsheet; Tonometer Calibration; Pachymetry Coding; BCBS Coverage of SCODI Services; Expanded Coverage of Glaucoma Screening Services; Coding Update: 92135 Deleted and Replaced; ABO Certification Review Materials; Small Fee Reduction in CMS Payments in 2015; Moist Heat Compresses; Information about Omega-3s; Lighthizer Surgical Procedure Set; Glaucoma Website for Patients; Beware of Phone Scam Posing as DPH or DEA; Tonography; Patient Assistance Programs; Plaquenil Reporting Form; World Optometry Day

Pharmacology Update: Extravan: Alcon Pharmaceuticals; Mechanism of IOP Reduction with Travoprost; Floater Intervention Study; Nanodropper; Chart of Glaucoma Therapies; Hydroxychloroquine Toxicity; Timolol; Upneeq Drops for Ptosis; Tetracaine Study

Clinical Guidelines: CCT: Is is time to say YES?; The Role of CCT in Glaucoma Patients; More CCT; The Paradox of IOP; Should We Treat All Ocular Hypertensives?; Beta Blockers in Glaucoma Management; Re-Defining Ocular Hypertension; Implications of Macro-Disc Asymmetry in Glaucoma Suspects; Nine-Year Changes in Intraocular Pressure: The Barbadoes Eye Studies; CyPass Clinical Recommendations; Optic Disc Cupping and Neuroimaging

Industry News: New FDA Approval for Lumigan; Alcon's Travatan Z Solution Receives FDA Approval; Alcon's Travatan Z and Systane Use Different Preservatives; Pfizer Sponsors New "All Eyes on Glaucoma" Website; CLIA Waivers; Bausch + Lomb New Glaucoma Drug; Glaukos iStent inject FDA Approved; Alcon Withdraws CyPass Stents; Nuretin Omega-3 Supplements; Rocklatan FDA Approved; Vivid Vision Perimetry; Falck Multifunction Device; Zeiss Medical Device Recall; Sustained IOP Reduction with iDose TR

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December 6, 2023

Dr. Brad Sutton will present, "Be A MIGS MVP: New Paradigms in Glaucoma Care" (COPE # 88125-GL) as a live webinar on Wednesday, December 6th from 8:00 - 9:00 Eastern Time (7 - 8PM Central / 5-6 PM Pacific). This interactive presentation will discuss interventional glaucoma procedures that are considered to be minimally invasive in nature and carry less risk than advanced incisional surgeries. Procedures such as Implants, SLT, I-stent and others are covered in detail.

December 13, 2023

Dr. Selina McGee will present "Defects, Dropout and Dry Eye: Dealing with Dry Eye in Glaucoma" (COPE # 88253-TD) as a live webinar on Wednesday, December 6th from 8:00 - 9:00 Eastern Time (7- 8PM Central / 5-6 PM Pacific). This interactive presentation will explore all the options available today to care for a patient with glaucoma and dry eye disease, including novel drug delivery formulations for both glaucoma and dry eye, the role of MIGS, and pipeline therapeutics and procedures.

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Lighthizer Surgical Procedure Set

Dr. Nate Lighthizer has formulated an in-office Surgical Procedures Set that contains all of the instruments, toothed forceps, non-toothed forceps, needle drivers, surgical scissors, chalazion tools, among many others, that the eyecare provider will need to get their office procedures clinic rolling. It makes it easy and efficient to have all the essential instruments in one set!

LINK TO LIGHTHIZER SURGICAL PROCEDURE SET: https://thedryeyedoctor.net/collections/lighthizer-surgical-procedure-set

"Having the right instruments is essential for much of what we do in life, and especially in medical procedures. Eyecare providers perform procedures in-office ranging from eyelid lesion removals to biopsies, chalazion management, suturing, cyst removal and drainage to many more.

- Nate Lighthizer, O.D., F.A.A.O

NGS PROGRAMS FALL 2023

The NGS Wednesday webinars will begin on September 13 with two webinars a month in September through December. There also will be an in-person program on October 8 in Malvern, PA with 8 hours of CE. All programs will be submitted for COPE approval. (Please Note: There are no NGS programs this summer.)

NGS WEBINARS SPRING 2023

NGS webinars will take place twice a month in March to May, 2023, followed by a break from the webinars over the summer.

NEW HAMPSHIRE INDICATES LIVE WEBINARS = FORMAL CE

The New Hampshire Board of Optometry announced in August 2022 that courses approved by COPE are automatically approved as Class I Formal CE. In addition, they clarified that live webcasts with real-time active participation by attendees are Formal CE, the same as in-person programs. In contrast, Alternative CE refers to lectures that are not live. More details are on the NH Board of Optometry website under Laws and Rules, Standing Orders.

COPE RULES FOR INTERACTIVE WEBINARS 2023

As of January 2023, COPE will include interactive webinars in the same category as in-person lectures, with no post-test required. CE will be categorized as either Synchronous (lecturer and learner are together at the same time, either in-person or virtually, with real-time communication) or Asynchronous (lecturer and learner are not together at same time, no real-time communication). Interactive webinars will be labeled Synchronous Virtual CE for courses and activities submitted after January 1 (interactive webinars approved before January 1 may still be labeled Online Interactive courses or Interactive Distance Learning events). Please Note: State Boards may restrict the number of Synchronous Virtual hours of CE allowed for license renewal; check with your State Board for the latest regulations.

LIVE WEBINARS = LIVE CE IN MASSACHUSETTS

At their December 15, 2021 meeting, the Massachusetts Board of Optometry specified that a live webinar where speakers and attendees can interact in real-time are considered to be live CE. The Board clarified that distance learning CE courses, which are limited to 6 hours per renewal cycle, are those where the licensees are reading content or observing media on their own with no interaction with the instructor. Thus, the COPE-approved interactive NGS webinars count as live CE for MA optometrists.

CE BROKER FOR TEXAS OPTOMETRISTS

The NGS will submit attendance data to CE Broker for Texas optometrists who attend our webinars. We will continue to mail CE certificates so attendees have a copy for their records and also will send attendance data to ARBO's OE Tracker.

PENNSYLVANIA CE REGULATIONS

The Pennsylvaia Board of Optometry will allow all CE to be online for the renewal period that ends November 30, 2022. Starting December 1, 2022, revised regulations allow for up to 50% of the CE requirements (15 out of 30 ours) to be online.

CALIFORNIA ALLOWS LIVE WEBINARS AS LIVE CE

The California Board of Optometry now recognizes interactive courses offered live over internet platforms such as WebEx as Live CE toward the 30 hours of live continuing education required for license renewal. Courses can be live COPE courses offered by COPE's June 30, 2021 deadline or courses approved by the Board.

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