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Contact lenses
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare organisations (JCAHO)
Eyewear; Optometry
The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 18,000 health care organisations and programmes in the United States.
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
Eyewear; Optometry
An independent, non-profit organisation that certifies credentials verification organisations and accredits managed care organizations.
National Eye Institute (NEI)
Eyewear; Optometry
A division of the US federal government's National Institutes of Health. Approximately three-fourths of US eye research funding originates at the National Eye Institute.
Deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty
Eyewear; Optometry
An endothelial cell transplant technique wherein a disc of endothelial cell tissue is removed from a donor cornea and placed on the underside of the recipient cornea, replacing a disc of endothelial ...
Depth of focus
Eyewear; Optometry
The range of distance that objects are in focus. Depth of focus is directly affected by accommodation, the ability of the natural crystalline lens within the eye to change shape and thereby change ...
Uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA)
Eyewear; Optometry
The best vision measurement taken without the use of glasses or contact lenses.
