A clean break

During a webinar at the beginning of May, while the UK’s optical practices remained closed for all services not deemed essential, European practitioners from Sweden and Norway provided updates on how they had handled dispensing. Erik Robertstad, a Norwegian optometrist, discussed what at that time felt like a far-away concern for many UK practitioners: ‘Lots of things have changed in my practice. For example, whenever customers try on frames now we disinfect the frames afterwards, or keep them in a box for 72 hours.’

Now that the UK’s lockdown has been eased and practices have been allowed to resume private eye examinations, concerns around cleaning and disinfection have become of paramount importance.