Creating antimicrobial surfaces and materials for contact lenses and lens cases

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 33, Issue 6 PART 2 OF SUPPL 2, 2007, Pages 426-429

  Weisbarth, Richard E ^a   Gabriel, Manal M ^a   George, Melanie ^a   Rappon, Joseph ^a   Miller, Marian ^a   Chalmers, Robin ^b   Winterton, Lynn ^a  

^a CIBA Vision Corporation   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antibacterial surface; Antimicrobial surface; Contact lens; Contact lens case; Contamination

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CONTACT LENS; DEVICE INFECTION; EYE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; STORAGE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CONTACT LENSES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 35848929017     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e318157f488     Document Type: Review

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