Day 1.10 - Acronyms

Acronyms and Abbreviations

There are some common acronyms that you may encounter.  Here is a helpful sheet to translate some of the acronyms you may see throughout the training process…

OD –  Oculus Dexter (right eye)

OS –  Oculus Sinister (left eye)

OU – Oculus Uterque (both eyes)

POF – Patients own frame

ADD – Bifocal

Seg – Segment height (for bifocals)

CWR – Call when ready

MWR – Mail when ready

Ft – Flat top

Tri – Trifocal

CR-39 – Plastic lens

Poly – Polycarbonate lens

Pl – Plano (there is a zero for the sphere section of the RX)

DS or Sph – Dioptic sphere (there is a zero for the cylinder; which is the second part of the RX)

Cyl – Cylinder (the second number in a prescription)

PD – Pupil distance

AR – Anti-Reflective coating

RX – Prescription

SV – Single vision

DNS – Do not service

WL – West Little Rock (store)

SVE – Success Vision Express

CW – Conway (store)

NLR – North Little Rock (store)

TP – Topeka (store)

PC - Paducah (store)

OC – Occular Center

MN – Manhattan (store)

CRM – Customer Remake

HS – Hot Springs (store)

MW - Maplewood (store)

DRM – Doctor Remake

CG – Cape Girardeau (store)

SRM – Success Vision Remake

INS - Insurance