Clinical and laboratory testing of a silver-impregnated lens case

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 247-255

  Amos, Christopher F ^a   George, Melanie D ^a  

^a CIBA Vision Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Contamination; Efficacy; Lens case; MicroBlock ; Silver

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SILVER IMPREGNATION; SKIN FLORA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONTACT LENSES; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILVER;

EID: 33751014827     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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