You must ensure the proper protective gear fits properly. Safety eyewear protection includes non-prescription and prescription safety glasses, goggles, face shields, welding helmets, and full-face respirators. The eye protection chosen for specific work activities depends on the “nature and extent” of the hazard, the circumstances of exposure, other protective equipment used, and personal vision needs. be focused on protection.īe sure to wear safety eyewear whenever there is a chance for an eye injury.Īnyone working in or passing through areas that pose eye hazards should also wear protective eyewear. To prevent eye injuries from occurring on-the-job, it’s simple. Other common injuries can include tools, particles, chemicals, harmful radiation, or any combination of these or other hazards.įortunately, every injury listed above – whether it is caused by harmful radiation, chemicals, or an object – can be prevented with personal protective equipment specifically for that purpose. The most common cause of injury in the workplace is flying or falling objects striking the eye. And, of the total amount of work-related injuries, 10-20% will cause temporary or permanent vision loss.Īccording to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), “the correct personal protective equipment (PPE) could have lessened the severity or even prevented 90% of eye injuries in the workplace.” Workplace Hazards In fact, more than 2,000 people injure their eyes at work each day. Over 40.In most cases of injury, people report not properly protecting their eyes. Synergy is the newest addition in refractive surgery, thanks to the technology of the extended range of vision for distance and medium range distance with multifocal technology for near vision. For patients it means good sight at every distance, in other worlds life without glasses.
Positive aspect with Tecnis Eyhance lens is that they can be implanted to all the patients who are treated with cataract while for a lens with an extended range of vision or multifocal lenses there are certain medical parameters needed to be taken into consideration in order to have lenses implanted.ĭue to impressive results with the Symfony and Eyhance lenses implantation, Svjetlost Eye Clinic is one of the first 3 clinics in the world given the opportunity to present patients with a possibility for the procedure of implantation of Synergy lens. Standard, monofocal intraocular lenses available up to this moment grant good sight at the distance but glasses are needed for all other proximities of vision. Meaning patients with Tecnic Eyhance lens do not need to wear glasses for driving while watching TV, at the movies or theatre and so on. This monofocal intraocular lens enables the patient to have good distance vision without glasses usage and beside this feature, it brings good vision at medium range distance (65-90cm). While being cured of dioptre Symfony lens is the solution where a patient will not gain cataract later in life.Īt the beginning of 2019 Svjetlost has started with implantation of new Johnson & Johnson lenses Tecnis Eyhance. Symfony enables people with presbyopia (age-related farsightedness) to be able to have perfect vision after the surgery, at every distance without wearing glasses.
6 years ago Svjetlost Eye Clinic was one of the 9 clinics in Europe for Johnson & Johnson Vision research in order to implement the first lens with an extended range of vision- Symfony.
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