Please describe your role at Contamac: I work as an HR Administrator, organising and maintaining personnel records, including preparing HR documents. My role is to help throughout the recruitment process, from filtering potential candidates, and arranging interviews, to starting the onboarding of new starter processes and other daily HR...
Read moreContamac is delighted to be attending the upcoming 50th EFCLIN congress and exhibition in Vilamoura, Portugal this April as a Platinum sponsor. As dedicated supporters of the congress over the years, we look forward to reuniting with the industry to celebrate 52 years of EFCLIN. This year,...
Read moreIn this video, Martin demonstrates 3 ways in which you can determine eye dominance. Determining the dominant eye of a patient is particularly useful when it comes to fitting monovision or presbyopic contact lenses.
Read moreIntroduction Acanthamoeba is a free-living unicellular protozoon commonly found in fresh water and soil. The protozoa can be found in two forms: a metabolically active trophozoite and a resistant cyst. Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is an infection primarily associated with soft contact lens wearers who demonstrate improper contact lens hygiene...
Read moreOver the years, we have come to know a lot more about myopia, its aetiology and the sight-threatening conditions high myopia is associated with. Research has shown multiple effective treatment programs, visual environmental interventions, and optical and pharmacological treatments to prevent the progression of myopia, all of which aim...
Read moreWhen we get out of university, we have the whole world ahead of us. We want to work 7 days a week, do everything and save the world. Similar to everything in life, there are going to be a few bumps in the road. Here are 10 things I...
Read moreWith the increasing use of corneal cross-linking (CXL) for keratoconus, some have questioned whether this treatment could reduce the demand for specialised contact lenses. Keratoconus is a well-known condition among practitioners that fit speciality contact lenses. This progressive disorder affects approximately 1 in 500 individuals and is much more...
Read moreThe 9th Valley Contax Cornea and Contact Lens Residency Summit, co-sponsored by Contamac US, and held this year at the beautiful Oregon Coast, was a tremendous success. A decade ago, the leadership of Valley Contax decided that putting on a weekend at the end of the residency year would be an...
Read moreODC Industries, a subsidiary of Contamac Ltd., recently underwent a complete rebrand and website redevelopment. Based in Plöermel, France, the medical device manufacturer is well known for its production of intraocular injectors and components. Designed to suit the needs and preferences of surgeons, the ErgoTouch family of IOL injectors...
Read morePenetrating keratoplasty in patients with keratoconus may provide good long‐term visual rehabilitation. There is a relatively low rate of graft failure in this cohort of patients. Graft rejection has been reported to be 5.8–41% with most rejections occurring in the first 2 years. [1-5]. Irregular and high astigmatism may be common...
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