Contact lens cases: The missing link in contact lens safety?

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-105

  Hall, Brad J ^a   Jones, Lyndon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contact lens case compliance; Contact lens case contamination; Contact lens storage case

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CLEANING; CONTACT LENS; DISINFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; KERATITIS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; KERATITIS;

EID: 77949432122     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181d05555     Document Type: Article

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