The Australian Ophthalmic Nurses Association (AONA) National Council has launched the first National Practice Standards for Ophthalmic Nurses in Australia at AONA-Queensland's 30th Conference in
Optometry Victoria (OV) and Optometry South Australia (OSA) members will vote on their proposed merger to become one representative optometry body at their AGMs in October. Should the majority of members accept the proposal, the newly amalgamated organisation will become the co-partner of the Optica
Australian eyewear designer Jono Hennessy Sceats, creator of popular Australasian brands, Jono Hennessy, Carter Bond and Zeffer, says the best thing about joining international Australasian eyewear distributor Sunshades is he can get back to doing what he loves best - design.
A new disability support system, including a new funding model, will be trialled from 1 October in the MidCentral District Health Board (DHB).The new Enabling Good Lives (EGL) initiative shifts the
Despite the chilly winter weather, the atmosphere was warm at the Grand Millennium at the end of July as the University of Auckland’s School of Optometry and Vision Science celebrated their annual EyeBall, themed Utropia: Welcome to the Island of Vision!
Since the recent launch of Alcon’s world-first AutonoMe preloaded IOL delivery system with the Clareon intraocular lens (IOL) in Sydney, several ophthalmologists at Tauranga Eye Specialists have been accredited to use the device.
Alcon has voluntarily withdrawn the CyPass Micro-Stent immediately, world-wide, and advises surgeons to stop implanting the CyPass Micro-Stent immediately and to return any unused devices to Alcon.
The second Silmo Sydney was a quieter affair than its inaugural unveiling last year, with few of the major equipment and frames companies that were exhibiting the weekend prior, in Melbourne at its rival ODMA’s O-Show.
Richard Grills, the founder of Designs for Vision, well-known optometry and ophthalmology educator and long-time friend of Associate Professor Gordon Sanderson who died last year, has been named the inaugural winner of a new award named in honour of his friend.
Hot on the heels of unveiling its new branding, Transitions Optical has launched a new consumer campaign Light Under Control.
oDocs Eye Care is set to release the oDocs nun, a portable smartphone ophthalmoscope, capable of both mydriatic and non-mydriatic retinal imaging. The device can be used independently as a handheld ophthalmoscope or with a broad range of smartphone gadgets running on the iOS and Android platforms.
Stepping into the darkened hall of the biennial O-Show, again held at Central Pier in Melbourne’s Docklands, is like stepping into a cocoon of warm hospitality.
