Contact Lens Headlines
Date: June 29, 2009 // Author: Gary Heiting, ODIn an effort to improve contact lens safety, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added new information on its website about the proper use of contact lens solutions.
The new FDA Web page contains a number of dos and don’ts for contact lens wearers, and emphasizes the need to rinse and empty contact lens storage cases after each use. Failure to do so increases the risk of eye infections — including bacterial and fungal eye infections that can cause permanent vision loss.
The FDA also has developed a new video on contact lens safety, which explains the components of proper contact lens care. The video and new Web page stress that for superior lens cleaning and to lower the risk of eye infections, consumers should use a rub-and-rinse cleaning method, even if they use “no-rub” multipurpose lens care products.
