How to buy a slit lamp

28 October 2020
Autumn 2020

Do your homework before buying a new slit lamp to ensure you get a model that best suits your needs, writes Rima Evans.

A slit lamp can be an optometrist’s faithful, long-standing servant – provided you make the right decision about which type to buy.

“It really does depend on what kind of optometrist you are as to what model will be best,” advises Andy Yorke FCOptom, Managing Director of Topcon.

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