EYE CARE : It is important that you, as a contact lens wearer, take good
care of your contact lenses and their storage case.
1) Do NOT wear your contact lenses to sleep - this practice increases the chance of
infection by 10 times.
2) TAKE your lenses out of your eyes
at night, after washing your hands. RINSE and RUB each one in the palm of your hand with a
sterile multipurpose solution or hydrogen peroxide. This removes most of the microbes and
particulate matter on your lens after wearing them so allowing the disinfectant to work.
3) Place your lens in your storage case
with FRESH multipurpose solution or peroxide.
4) In the morning, REMOVE your lens from
the solution in your storage case and place it in your eye (if using peroxide remember to
neutralize it).
5) THROW AWAY the solution from your
storage case (NEVER reuse it ) and shake the case until it is dry or allow it to air dry
(a paper tissue may be needed to wipe it dry).
6) Leave the storage case DRY all day. This
kills many contaminating bacteria.
7) CHANGE the storage case every month WHEN
you change your 'disposable'
contact lenses so that a FRESH
new lens is used with each NEW storage case. Wearers of non-disposable contact lenses
should CHANGE their storage case every month.
8) NEVER wash your storage case or lenses
with tap water - this predisposes them to contamination which can cause infection. Only
wash the lens or storage case with STERILE solutions.
9) NEVER store your lenses in fresh saline
solution or tap water!
10) If you develop a
sore red eye, STOP wearing the contact lens at once! The inflammation usually resolves
itself but if pain persists for more than 24 hours, visit a doctor or eye-care
professional and advise them that you have been wearing a contact lens. TAKE your lens,
storage case and cleaning solution with you - it will HELP them establish what has
happened. CAREFULLY follow the instructions that you are given.
If you have any
of the following:
You must discuss your
suitability for wearing contact lenses with your optician, optometrist or eye care doctor.
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