Contact lens and lens storage case cleaning instructions: Whose advice should we follow?

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 68-72

  Wu, Yvonne ^a,b   Carnt, Nicole ^a,b   Willcox, Mark ^a,b   Stapleton, Fiona ^a,b  

^a BRIEN HOLDEN VISION INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Contact lens cases; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEANING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT LENS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STORAGE;

CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; HYGIENE; OPTOMETRY; PRODUCT LABELING; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 77949476904     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181cf8aff     Document Type: Article

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