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Discard broken frames, badly scratched lenses, lenses only,
and prescription sunglasses.
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Discard prescriptions with greater than .75 diopters
difference between each eye unless they are aphakic.
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Discard prescriptions with greater than .75 cylinder unless
it is within 10 degrees of 90 or 180.
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Discard prescriptions with prism.
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Write all prescriptions in minus cylinder form.
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Ignore .25 diopter of cylinder and write as a sphere.
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Round cylinder axis off to the nearest 5 degrees.
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Make sure all glasses are cleaned and straightened.
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Record right eye prescription first.
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Put all glasses in zip lock plastic bags.
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Label bags with masking tape or computer labels on the top
of the bag.
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Save good frames with bad prescriptions; knock out the
lenses.
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Save all scrap gold.
