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Effective care of contact lens cases: What do you think?

March 6th, 2012
Mark Wilcox, BSc, PhD is a professor of the School of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of New South Wales. He specialises in the field of eye health, particularly the areas of ocular inflammation and microbiology.

Mark’s editorial reviews recent developments with respect to effectively disinfecting contact lens cases, including a new cleaning protocol, silver-infused lenses cases and the use of a heating device. Please  respond to the following series of poll questions after reading the editorial.

1. Do you believe that your contact lens wearers are compliant with manufacturers' recommended steps for lens case hygiene?

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Click here for examples of manufacturer recommended steps for lens care hygiene.

2. Do you believe that if these recommended steps were modified to include specific information on rubbing and tissue wiping the lens case that your contact lens wearers would do these steps?

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3.If ALL solution manufacturers offered an ANTIMICROBIAL lens case for free with each bottle of solution, would you recommend your contact lens wearers to use these rather than traditional lens cases?

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4. Would you recommend your lens wearers to use a warming device to help control microbial contamination of lens cases?

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5. Do you believe your lens wearers would use such a warming device if it was recommended by you?

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6. Do you believe your lens wearers would use such a warming device if it was recommended by you but they had to buy the device at extra cost?

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