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AOA practice guideline available for public review

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The American Optometric Association announced that a new evidence-based clinical practice guideline on adult eye exams is available online for a peer and public review period.

Comments on the Comprehensive Adult Eye and Vision Examination guideline will be accepted until March 10, according to the AOA. The finished guidelines will be available later in the year.

The organization encourages health professionals and others to provide feedback on this guideline, which “describes appropriate examination procedures for evaluation of the eye health and vision status of adult patients to ensure clear and comfortable vision.”

The AOA said this guideline meets the Institute of Medicine’s standards for clinical practice guidelines, which include external review from relevant stakeholders, such as scientific and clinical experts, agencies, industry and the public.

“Putting this guideline out for public review provides an opportunity for an even broader perspective of input that’s critically important to this process,” Diane Adamczyk, OD, chair of the AOA Evidence-Based Optometry Committee, said in the release.

Click here to view the guideline and access the comment form.