Impact of lens case hygiene guidelines on contact lens case contamination

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Wu, Yvonne T ^a   Teng, Yuu Juan ^b   Nicholas, Mary ^b   Harmis, Najat ^a   Zhu, Hua ^a   Willcox, Mark D P ^a   Stapleton, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Contact lens; guidelines; hygiene practices; microbial contamination

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONY FORMING UNITS; CROSS-OVER; GUIDELINES; HYGIENE PRACTICES; IN-VIVO; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL KERATITIS; POLYHEXAMETHYLENE BIGUANIDE; RISK FACTORS;

CONTACT LENSES; MANUFACTURE; TISSUE;

CONTAMINATION;

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053380736     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3182282f28     Document Type: Article

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