Do swimming goggles limit microbial contamination of contact lenses?

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 456-460

  Wu, Yvonne T ^a   Tran, Jess ^a   Truong, Michelle ^a   Harmis, Najat ^a   Zhu, Hua ^a   Stapleton, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteria; contact lenses; goggles; swimming

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIES; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; COLONY FORMING UNITS; EYE CARE; GRAM POSITIVE; GRAM-NEGATIVE ORGANISMS; LENS MATERIALS; LIMITED DATA; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; ROCK POOLS; SALT WATER; SILICONE HYDROGELS; SWIMMING; SYDNEY , AUSTRALIA; WATER SAMPLES;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CONTACT LENSES; GOGGLES; HYDROGELS; LAKES; SILICONES;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

BACTERIAL LOAD; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; SILICONES; SWIMMING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 79953778414     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31820f15a6     Document Type: Article

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