ABO Quality & Compliance Flashcards
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When inspecting a progressive addition lens (PAL) for quality compliance, which tool is essential for verifying the add power location?
Answer: Lensometer with a cross-hair target
A lensometer with a cross-hair (or ring) target is used to locate the distance and near reference points on a PAL to verify add power and placement.
Under the FDA's impact resistance requirements, which finishing process must glass lenses undergo to be dispensed as dress eyewear?
Answer: Hardening through chemical tempering or heat treatment
Glass dress lenses must be heat treated (thermally tempered) or chemically tempered to meet FDA impact resistance requirements for dress eyewear.
A dispensary employee accesses a patient's prescription records out of curiosity without a treatment, payment, or operations reason. This violates:
Answer: HIPAA minimum necessary standard
HIPAA's minimum necessary standard requires that access to protected health information be limited to what is needed for a legitimate purpose.
For a frame with a 54-18-140 measurement, what does the '18' represent?
Answer: Bridge size in millimeters
In standard frame sizing (lens-bridge-temple), the middle number '18' represents the bridge size (distance between lenses) in millimeters.
Which of the following lens defects is most likely to cause a patient to report 'ghost images' or 'shadows' after spectacle dispensing?
Answer: Unwanted prismatic effect from decentration
Unwanted prism from optical center decentration displaces images, causing ghost images or diplopia that the patient may perceive as shadows.
According to ANSI Z80.1, the axis tolerance for a lens with a cylinder power of -0.50 D is:
Answer: ±14 degrees
ANSI Z80.1 allows ±14 degrees of axis tolerance for cylinders between 0.00 and -0.75 D because small cylinders have minimal clinical impact at slight axis deviations.
A patient requests their prescription be released to purchase lenses online. Under the FTC Eyeglass Rule, the prescriber must:
Answer: Provide the prescription at no charge without requiring a reason
The FTC Eyeglass Rule requires prescribers to automatically provide the prescription after an exam at no charge, and cannot condition release on payment or a reason.