Accessibility Statement

Alcon is committed to making our Website broadly accessible to all users, including those with low vision and other disabilities. For guidance, we look to the accessibility best practices and standards in effect today.

We continually strive to improve the accessibility of our site. Our processes require pages to meet a set of accessibility guidelines which include:

  • All links to external Websites will open in a new browser window. Pressing Ctrl + W in Windows or Command + W on a Mac will close the new window.
  • Hidden links which allow the users to skip navigation links in order to get quickly to the main content of the page as well as the site's global search tool.
  • Proper markup for identifying the page headings.
  • Providing text equivalents for images.
  • Supporting browser settings for enlarging text and user style sheets. Refer to your browser's help section for instructions on how to enlarge text.
  • Using consistent navigation mechanisms and style of presentation throughout the site.
  • Providing text transcripts for all Flash content.
  • Keyboard navigation of web pages:

    Windows - press the Tab key to move forward through images, links and form fields; press the Shift + Tab keys to move backwards through the same.

    Macs - in Safari press the Option + Tab keys to move forward through images, links and form fields; press the Option + Shift + Tab keys to move backwards through the same.

Several documents on Alcon.com are available in Portable Document Format (PDF). This ensures that the publication is shown in its original format, independent of a users' browser, computer or device. These documents are most commonly read with Adobe Reader, a free PDF viewer. Please refer to Adobe's article on how to read PDF content for additional information.

JavaScript is used sparingly on the Alcon Website. All content sections are equally accessible whether or not your browser supports JavaScript or whether or not JavaScript is enabled.

If you encounter an accessibility problem while accessing Alcon's Website, please contact us about the problem.

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