7.0 Useful Things

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="1a600640egdysm.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Arial" ><B>     Eyeglasses Inventory Program   </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Purchase Products"><U><B>Purchase Products</B></U></A><B>       </B><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Support"><U><B>Support</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B>7.0 Useful Things</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B>.</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1.0 Eyeglasses Inventory Program"><U><B>1.0 Eyeglasses Inventory Program</B></U></A><B>      </B><A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2.0 Getting 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glasses request Satisfied</B></div> <div> <B>Figure 2</B></div> <div> <B> <A NAME="figure_3"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B><IMG SRC="30636510.gif" border=0 width="566" height="337" ALT="Paintbrush Picture" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Reading glasses for near sighted people</B></div> <div> <B>Figure 3</B></div> <div> <B> <A NAME="figure_4"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B><IMG SRC="30c5ff90.gif" border=0 width="351" height="249" ALT="Paintbrush Picture" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Matching distance and reading settings</B></div> <div> <B>Figure 4</B></div> <div> <B> <A NAME="figure_5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B><IMG SRC="310425a0.gif" border=0 width="578" height="90" ALT="Paintbrush Picture" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Match Reading Power Also Option</B></div> <div> <B>Figure 5</B></div> <div> <B> <A NAME="figure_6"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B><IMG SRC="30f442b0.gif" border=0 width="580" height="299" ALT="Paintbrush Picture" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Matching Distance and Reading power.</B></div> <div> <B>Figure 6</B></div> <div> <B> <A NAME="figure_7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B><IMG SRC="3115ffd0.gif" border=0 width="351" height="253" ALT="Paintbrush Picture" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Search for left eye mainly</B></div> <div> <B>Figure 7</B></div> <div> <B> <A NAME="figure_8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B><IMG SRC="31339730.gif" border=0 width="569" height="371" ALT="Paintbrush Picture" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Left eye mainly needed search results</B></div> <div> <B>Figure 8</B></div> <div> <B> <A NAME="figure_9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B><IMG SRC="314614a0.gif" border=0 width="353" height="330" ALT="Paintbrush Picture" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Search for an exact match</B></div> <div> <B>Figure 9</B></div> <div> <B> <A NAME="figure_10"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B><IMG SRC="3183d230.gif" border=0 width="573" height="35" ALT="Paintbrush Picture" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Finding the exact pair of reading glasses</B></div> <div> <B>Figure 10</B></div> <div> <B> <A NAME="figure_11"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B><IMG SRC="3173f2a0.gif" border=0 width="575" height="298" ALT="Paintbrush Picture" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Exact match search results</B></div> <div> <B>Figure 11</B></div> <div> <B> <A NAME="english_chart"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B><IMG SRC="31d2ed20.jpg" border=0 width="558" height="722" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>English Reading Chart</B></div> <div> <B>Figure 12</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>7.0 Useful Things</I></div> <div> Click on<B> </B>one of the following links to go directly to special assistance in certain area <A NAME="back"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>.</div> <div> <A HREF="#reading_glasses" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Reading Glasses</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#select_appropriate_bifocals" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Select appropriate bifocals</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#blind_in_one_eye" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Blind in one eye</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#looking_for_an_exact_match_" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Looking for an EXACT match.</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#pick_list_" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Pick List.</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="reading_glasses"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Reading Glasses       </B><A HREF="#back" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Back</B></U></A></div> <div> If you want to find reading glasses in the prescription inventory, click on <B>Readers </B>under <B>Lens Type</B> shown in <A HREF="id10_l.htm#figure_1" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Figure 1</B></U></A>.  Do a search and you will see <A HREF="id10_l.htm#figure_2" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Figure 2</B></U></A>.  Notice that the 0.0 in the first column indicates an "Exact Match".</div> <bR> <div> If you enter -1, -1 and do a search you will see <A HREF="id10_l.htm#figure_3" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Figure 3</B></U></A> which gives a list of glasses which will keep near sighted people from reading with the book attached to their nose.  Once again you will see 0.0 in the first column indicating an exact match.</div> <bR> <div> Most people do not leave readers in their inventory.   They use the following option to list all the readers in their inventory and then physically remove them from inventory.  </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="349" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 134 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="31950800.gif" border=0 width="336" height="128" ALT="Paintbrush Picture" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Next the use the below option to electronically remove them from inventory.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="347" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 118 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="31b73700.gif" border=0 width="371" height="112" ALT="Paintbrush Picture" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> They then sort the readers by spherical power of the right lens and hand them out using the reading chart like you see at this<A HREF="id10_l.htm#english_chart" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U> </U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id10_l.htm#english_chart" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>link</B></U></A></FONT>.  They ask the patient to hold the chart 16 inches away and tell them the lowest line they can see clearly.   If they can see line 4 (+1.50) clearly but nothing below it clearly then give them 1.50 readers and they will be able to read the entire chart.  </div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="select_appropriate_bifocals"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Select appropriate bifocals      </B><A HREF="#back" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Back</B></U></A></div> <div> Suppose you have entered the pair of glasses as show in <A HREF="id10_l.htm#figure_4" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Figure 4</B></U></A>.  Assume you set the options as shown in <A HREF="id10_l.htm#figure_5" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Figure 5</B></U></A> where <B>Also</B> is checked.   When you click <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>SEARCH</B></FONT> you will see <A HREF="id10_l.htm#figure_6" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Figure 6</B></U></A> where both the distance and the reading power are matched.</div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="blind_in_one_eye"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Blind in one eye</B><B>      </B><A HREF="#back" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Back</B></U></A></div> <div> Supposed you had somebody who was basically blind in the right eye so you didn't much care if you have a match on that eye.  Enter as shown in <A HREF="id10_l.htm#figure_7" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Figure 7</B></U></A><A HREF="id10_l.htm#figure_7" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U>,</U></A> set your options as shown in the top of that figure and then click a <B>SEARCH</B> and you wll see the results as shown in <A HREF="id10_l.htm#figure_8" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Figure 8</B></U></A>.  Notice how the left eye matches very well while the right eye doesn't even show.</div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="looking_for_an_exact_match_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Looking for an EXACT match.      </B><A HREF="#back" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Back</B></U></A></div> <div> Supposed you wanted to get a 1.00 pair of reading glasses from the prescription inventory and you did not want anything else to appear.  Enter as shown in <A HREF="id10_l.htm#figure_9" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Figure 9</B></U></A>.  Select your options as shown in <A HREF="id10_l.htm#figure_10" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Figure 10</B></U></A>    Click on SEARCH and you will see <A HREF="id10_l.htm#figure_11" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Figure 11</B></U></A>. where every line gives you an exact match.  Some bifocals show up but there is at least one part of the glasses which is exact.</div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="pick_list_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Pick List.  </B><B>      </B><A HREF="#back" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Back</B></U></A></div> <div> Use the PRINT button shown in <A HREF="id10_l.htm#figure_2" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="7.0 Useful Things"><U><B>Figure 2</B></U></A> after you have made a search to print a paper list you can hand to a volunteer who will retrieve the glasses from inventory and fit them to the patient.  This list will allow you to quickly move on to the next patient.</div> <bR> <div> Understanding the various options will allow you to come up with your own "Useful Things".</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>