Instruments and Equipment

Checklist for Basic Instruments and Equipment for a Nursing Facility Practice

• Distance visual acuity charts (including low vision charts)
  Near visual acuity charts
• Standard hand-held equipment (occluder paddle, fixation targets. penlights, etc.)
• Retinoscope
• Retinoscopy lens rack
• Refracting instrumentation (trial frame and lenses, Halberg clips, Jackson cross cylinder, Perlstein flip cylinder, etc.)
• Direct ophthalmoscope
• Binocular indirect ophthalmoscope with appropriate condensing lenses
• Hand-held slit lamp
• Hand-held tonometer
• Hand-held lensometer
• Pharmaceutical agents
• Small surgical kit (cilia forceps, lid speculum, etc.)
• Frames for selection
• Dispensing equipment
• Black out drapes, extension cord, outlet adapters

Suggested Low Vision Equipment Checklist

• Trial lens set and trail frame (most important)
• Prism
• Binocular microscopes: +16, +20, 6X (+24), 8X (+32), 10X (+40)
  (These are for diagnostic, not prescriptive, purposes.)
• Hand-held magnifiers
  • +5
  • +7
  • +8 large lens
  • +8 small lens
  • +12 large lens
  • +12 small lens
  • +16
  • +20
  • +24
  • +32
  • +40
• Stand magnifiers
  • Plano-convex ("dome") magnifier
  • Non-illuminated: 3X, 4X, 8X, 10X
  • Illuminated: 3X, 4X, 5X, 6X, 10X
  • Illuminated handles: regular bulb, halogen bulb
• Telescopes
  • 2.5X clip-on
  • 2.5X head-mounted
  • 4X hand-held
  • 4X head-mounted
• Fitover sunfilters
  • Medium gray
  • Dark gray
  • Medium amber
  • Yellow
• Floor lamp – incandescent – gooseneck style
• Lap desk
• Non-optical devices (typoscopes, talking watch, check writing guide, felt tip pen, bold line paper)