The popularity of higher-impact-resistance lens materials may have pushed Duty to Warn to a back burner, but ECPs still have a responsibility to inform patients of their lens options

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As?in?any?situation?in?which?options?are?discussed?and?recommendations?are?made,?the?key?to?self?protection?isdocumenting?the?conversation?and?the?outcome.The?Duty?to?Warn?materials?from?the?Optical?Lab?Division?of?The?Vision?Council?include?sample?checklist?formsthat?list?lens?materials?and?options?to?explain?and?recommend,?and?spaces?to?indicate?the?patient's?choice?andsignature.If?the?patient?is?someone?who?would?benefit?from?a?higher-impact-resistance?lens,?Miller?recommends?and?notes?it?inthe?record.?If?the?patient?declines,?she?notes?that,?too.In?one?court?case?involving?broken?lenses?in?which?Miller?served?as?an?expert?witness,?the?eye?doctor?lost?because“there?was?no?record?of?the?patient's?declination?of?a?poly?lens,”?even?though?Miller?suspected?he?did?discuss?itbecause?of?the?way?the?woman?was?talking?about?a?“shatter-proof?”?lens.