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New contact lens wearer from trial to transaction – part 3

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In Part 3 of our series following a patient through his first experiences with contact lenses, Optician listened in on a follow-up call from the practice and talked to the manager about how to support new wearers

It’s all about communication,’ says Candy Mulock, group manager for Surrey Opticians, summing up the new approach the four suburban practices are taking to supporting new contact lens wearers. And since adopting Alcon Vision Care’s ETIP (Enhanced Trialist Interaction Protocol), that approach would seem to be working.

‘We first heard about ETIP when our Alcon consultant came along for a meeting with us. We thought it was a fantastic idea,’ says Mulock. ‘We had been using something similar but not nearly as thorough. We were just giving patients our phone numbers and asking them to call us if they had a problem.

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