Impact of air-drying lens cases in various locations and positions

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 465-468

  Wu, Yvonne T ^a   Zhu, Hua ^a   Willcox, Mark ^a   Stapleton, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

air borne contamination; Air drying; contact lens cases

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SPP; COLONY FORMING UNITS; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL NUMBERS; MULTIPLE SPECIES; PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED SALINES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TISSUE PAPER;

BACTERIOLOGY; CONTACT LENSES; CONTAMINATION; CURING; DRYING; LOCATION; MICROORGANISMS; SOLAR DRYERS;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

AIR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT LENS; DESICCATION; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE;

AIR; CONTACT LENSES; DESICCATION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77954620684     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181e172a1     Document Type: Article

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