Over-the-counter decorative contact lenses: Cosmetic or medical devices? A case series

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 194-200

  Steinemann, Thomas L ^a,b,g   Fletcher, Melissa ^a   Bonny, Andrea E ^a   Harvey, Raymond A ^a,b   Hamlin, David ^c   Zloty, Peter ^d   Besson, Mike ^e   Walter, Keith ^f   Gagnon, Mike ^f  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Family Eye Center   (United States)

^d Eye Center South   (United States)

^e Dayton Eye Associates   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g The MetroHealth System   (United States)

Author keywords

Colored contact lens; Conjunctivitis; Contact lens overwear; Corneal ulcer; Cosmetic contact lens; Decorative contact lens; Keratitis; Plano contact lens; Soft contact lens complications

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; CEFAZOLIN; COCODAMOL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPLEGIC AGENT; GATIFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); PROPAMIDINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLINDNESS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTACT LENS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE INFECTION; ESTHETICS; EYE CARE; EYE DISEASE; EYE INFECTION; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; KERATITIS; LICENSING; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARASITOSIS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINDNESS; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL DISEASES; COSMETICS; DEVICE APPROVAL; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 31944445854     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icl.0000175654.79591.03     Document Type: Article

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