Choosing the Proper Slit Lamps for Client Comfort and Excellent Results

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Choosing the Proper Slit Lamps for Client Comfort
and Excellent ResultsChoosing from the wide
array of available slit lamps on the market can
leave your mind spinning. While this critical
piece of equipment would appear to be a straight
forward choice, once you start seeing all the
different features and options you suddenly have
more questions than answers. How can you make
the right choice to provide patient comfort, fast
working conditions for you, and stay within a
reasonable budget?Your Choice Begins with
Defining Your NeedsWhat choice of slit lamps
makes sense for your practice? For a
veterinarian a free standing slit lamp is
impractical. The idea of keeping an animal
stationary is pure fiction. Vets prefer to have
a hand-help slit lamp, similar to the Heine HSL
150. These are not only ideal for veterinarians
but are a great addition for an Ophthalmologists
office, too. It provides for fast convenient use
in situations where you cannot seat the patient
in your traditional chair.A more traditional
choice of slit lamps would be the Haag-Streit
900BQ. It can give you both still photographs
and video simultaneously. It is an ideal
solution for an examination room with cutting
edge technology and optics. Should You
Consider Pre-Owned Equipment for Your
Practice?If you are trying to keep your cash
outlay to a minimum it is tempting to purchase
pre-owned slit lamps, especially for an extra
examination room. Before choosing pre-owned you
need to consider a few questions-Does the
pre-owned equipment have a warranty?-Is the
equipment guaranteed to be in perfect working
condition?-Are you sacrificing the latest
technology for saving a few dollars?-Who will
service your pre-owned slit lamps if they have
problems?-The answers to these questions vary
greatly between Ophthalmic Equipment Dealers.
When you -choose a high quality dealer they often
provide a warranty, guarantee the equipment, only
provide high -quality equipment, and service what
they sell. Be careful who you partner with when
considering pre-owned slit lamps or you may end
up having higher expenses than buying new.
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How Important is Service To Your Practice?This
comes right back to the issue of who you partner
with when buying your equipment. When you
partner with a company who has been in the
business for years they understand the importance
of matching a comfortable chair, the proper slit
lamps, and other equipment in your examination
room. They understand your practice is not
based upon one piece of equipment, but a wide
range of equipment working seamlessly together to
provide you the optimal work area and the highest
level patient satisfaction. Any item which is
overlooked or improperly installed can cause
long-term problems for you. You should only
partner with providers which can provide on-site
service and have a staff of trained service
technicians. The number one comfort feature to
any patient is prompt service, a skilled
ophthalmologist, and equipment which work
flawlessly. Your choice of the right brand of
slit lamps is important, but your choice of
equipment providers may be even more important.