Optician news in brief

A new website has been launched by contact lens firm Sauflon. It includes product and service information, and technical data required for prescriptions of Sauflon contact lenses and solutions. The company has also developed an online ordering tool called Sauflon Direct, which has a 'patient management area' for eye care professionals to update prescriptions, lens types and personal details such as names and addresses. Account history can be viewed and previous invoices printed. To register visit www.sauflon.co.uk.

Johnson & Johnson's Vision Care Institute has made a number of resources available to registered members through distance learning. Multimedia content includes lectures from J&J roadshows and video lectures from Professor Nathan Efron, Dr Phil Morgan and Associate Professor Jeffrey Walline. J&J said that CET points were available through multiple-choice questions at the end of each presentation.