{"id":742,"date":"2017-08-07T12:10:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T12:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/?p=742"},"modified":"2018-08-01T11:54:45","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T10:54:45","slug":"wet-amd-referral-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/?p=742","title":{"rendered":"Ophthalmology WET AMD Referral Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='stb-container stb-style-alert stb-caption-box stb-no-caption'><div class='stb-caption'><div class='stb-logo'><img class='stb-logo__image' src='https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-special-textboxes\/themes\/stb-dark\/alert.png' alt='img'\/><\/div><div class='stb-caption-content'>Disclaimer<\/div><div class='stb-tool'><\/div><\/div><div class='stb-content'><\/p>\n<p>Please note that this protocol is only for referrals from Community Optometry to Health Boards.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Wet AMD Fundus Images<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When attaching a fundus image to this referral please bear in mind the following points:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The total size of the attachment file must be less than 2MB.<\/li>\n<li>The image should ideally be sent in PDF format (or JPEG format if unable to save as a PDF)<\/li>\n<li>Please ensure each image shows the patient&#8217;s name before sending i.e. rename the file if necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Please consult the manufacturer&#8217;s guidelines for the particular brand of camera for instructions regarding how to save images in the appropriate format prior to attachment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wet AMD OCT Scans<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please note that full OCT files are too large to be sent through SCI Gateway.<\/p>\n<p>CT information must be sent as a screenshot or a report covering the area of retina in question in PDF format (or JPEG format if you are unable to save as a PDF).<\/p>\n<p>The points above also apply to OCT information.<\/p>\n<p>Please consult the manufacturer&#8217;s guidelines for your particular brand of OCT scanner for instructions regarding how to save reports\/images in the appropriate format prior to attachment.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Reference:<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Lead Clinician: <\/em><br \/>\n<em>Review Date:<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wet AMD Fundus Images When attaching a fundus image to this referral please bear in mind the following points: The total size of the attachment file must be less than 2MB. The image should ideally be sent in PDF format (or JPEG format if unable to save as a PDF) Please ensure each image shows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,10],"tags":[81,78,79,6,83,82],"class_list":["post-742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-referrals","category-optician-referrals","tag-amd","tag-eye","tag-ophthalmology","tag-optician","tag-optometry","tag-wet-amd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=742"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":887,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742\/revisions\/887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}