I work in a busy practice situated in a large retail shopping centre which has easy access for disabled patients, a result of which is that we see quite a lot of wheelchair bound patients and patients with generally reduced mobility. I and three of my colleagues are accredited for LOCSU Glaucoma level 1 and level 2 so are able to participate in a local monitoring scheme. Obviously Goldmann applanation tonometry is the first choice method when there is either a query about IOP or we are seeing patients included in the monitoring scheme, but our Perkins gets regular use given the numbers of disabled patients we see.
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