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Patient information factsheet www.uhs.nhs.ukWe have given you this factsheet because your child has an appointment for a glasses test. We have prescribed your child atropine eye drops to use before the test. These drops will help the doctor to examine your childs eyes. We hope that this factsheet answers some of You should use atropine 1% eye drops as follows:For the two days before the appointment, put one drop into each eye. Do not use the drops on focus. This will help your childs eye doctor or optometrist to examine your childs eyes and check if they need glasses, or a change to the glasses they currently wear. Your child will need to use the eye drops for two days before their glasses test. The eye you to take to the hospital pharmacy or to your local pharmacy. The drops come in small, single-use plastic bottles call
ed minims. You will need to put one drop from the minim into each of your childs eyes once a day in the evening. Do this for two We will give you two minims bottles, so you will have one to use each time you need to put Wash your hands. Ask your child to lie down, or to sit on another adults lap with their head tilted back onto the adults arm. 1 www.uhs.nhs.uk one minute. This blocks the duct that runs from the eye into the nose and helps to keep Wait until the next drop is due. Wipe away any excess liquid from your childs face with a clean tissue.Replace the lid on the minim bottle and throw the minim away, even if you have not used 11.Wash your hands again.bottles to the pharmacy.Your child will have blurred vision until the drops wear o, particularly when looking at close Tell your child’s school
or nursery teacher and any other carers about these side eects. Each child reacts dierently, but it is best to avoid sports until the blurred vision has started to wear o. Your child may nd it easier if they wear a hat or sunglasses outside in bright weather. two weeks for them to wear o completely. www.uhs.nhs.uk Version 2. Reviewed April 2021. Due for review April 2024. 1774contact eye casualty.Telephone: Out of hours, please contact eye casualty. Telephone: Telephone: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday (9am to 5pm)Wednesday (9.30am to 5pm) For a translation of this document, or a version in another format such as easy read, large print, Braille or audio, please telephone For help preparing for your visit, arranging an interpreter or accessing www.uhs.nhs.uk/additionalsuppor