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Technology Practice of the Year

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Bill Harvey catches up with Christopher Nixon, the winner of the Optician Award for Technology Practice of the Year sponsored by Grafton Optical and its technology partners Eyescape and Optovue

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Christopher Nixon Optometrists ticked all of the boxes that our judges were considering. The Harrogate-based practice boasts an impressive array of technology. The consulting rooms use automated refraction units and test charts. For imaging, the practice has the Optos Panoramic system alongside a high resolution fundus camera. For screening, they use a frequency doubling instrument to support their automated perimeter and are DVLA accredited. Suspect glaucoma patients may be assessed by a GDx and, partly driven by the practice's involvement with orthokeratology, they use topography and an aberrometer. The practice also uses the iProfiler OCT. After clinical assessment, the practice uses state-of-the-art dispensing equipment including an automated dispensing console alongside pupillometers.

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