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Canada survey on eye injuries from handheld lasers is open until March 31, 2025

Canada survey on eye injuries from handheld lasers is open until March 31, 2025

Reposted from Health Canada

Health Canada needs to hear from YOU! Canada survey on eye injuries from handheld lasers is open until March 31, 2025.
Please complete this short survey whether or not you have seen an eye injury from handheld laser devices for the period 2019-2024. The results from the survey will help assess whether the risk of laser eye injury has changed since 2018 and, determine if additional actions are needed to protect people in Canada.  

Click here to complete the Health Canada Survey of Canadian Optometrists

Health Canada recently published new regulations setting safety requirements for the sale and importation of laser products in Canada. The injury data collected from Optometrists in the 2018 survey was instrumental in advancing these new regulations. Additional information about the new regulatory requirements may be found here.