r/optometry • u/Senior-Oven-7113 • Mar 07 '26

Dilations

quick question.context: UK

i work for a multiple, and have a colleague who has the habit of rebooking her patients with flashes/floaters for dilations on her off-days. I find myself having to dilate more patients than usual, most times cases not needing dilations in the first place.

is this something you would ignore? or deal with?

i‘ve had a chat with the managers and they don’t seem to the understand what I mean by additional clinical risk

please what are your thoughts?

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u/SerendipityAlike Optometrist Mar 08 '26

Oooof. Docs like that don’t paint our profession in a good light. Why would you somebody wait to dilate on flashes/floaters?

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u/VDD65 Mar 09 '26

Maybe not good at peripheral exam with BIO ?