Knock on wood, I've never had an eye infection in the many decades since. I thought this was normal. Then a while back, a fellow reporter barreled into the newsroom, glasses askew, after an appointment with her ophthalmologist. Another eye infection. Another? She couldn't break her habit of not washing her hands before removing her lenses. Forget about cleaning her lenses. She rarely did. So let's start there. All the care tips for contact lenses are simple — you just have to actually follow them.
To put this guide together I consulted the pros: the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Optometric Association. Also, Acuvue, which is the maker of my contact lenses, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For good measure, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, too.
First, know that several types of the most common contact lenses, soft contact lenses, exist. They include disposable (wear for one day then throw away), daily (wear for one day, clean afterward; often made to last two weeks) and extended wear (wear up to 30 days then throw away).
We're talking about daily contact lenses in this piece, though the good-hygiene routine applies to the other types of soft lenses and to rigid gas permeable lenses.
Clear Conscience Multi Purpose Solution For Soft Contact Lenses Description
- Comfort Formula
- For Silicone Hydrogel, Rigid Gas Permeable and Soft Contact Lenses.
- For Cleaning, Conditioning, Rinsing, Disinfecting, Removing Protein, Reducing Lipid Deposition, and Storing Contact Lenses
- Cruelty-Free
- Sterile
Use only fresh Clear Conscience Multi-Purpose (contact lens) Solution each time you soak (store) your lenses.
If not wearing the contact lenses immediately, store your lenses in ordinary saline in the place of Clear Conscience Multi-Purpose Solutions. Saline solution will not disinfect contact lenses.
Free Of
Chlorhexidine, thimerosal, sterile, animal cruelty
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Ingredients: A sterile, isotonic solution that contains poloxamer, sodium phosphate buffer, sodium chloride and disodium edetate; preserved with polyhexanide 0.0001%.
Warnings
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Do not wear the lenses unless you have allowed them to soak for at least six (6) hours in Clear Conscience Multi-Purpose Solution as directed.
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Do not reuse or "top off" old solution left in your lens case since solution reuse reduces effective lens disinfec tion, vision loss or blindness. "Topping-Off" is the addition of fresh solution to solution that has been sitting in your case.
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Do not use with heat (thermal) disinfection systems
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Never reuse Clear Conscience Multi-Purpose Solution. Always discard the rmaining solution from the lens case.
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Use before the expiration date marked on the bottle.
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Discard contens of the bottle 3 months after opening. Using your Clear Conscience Multi-Purpose Solution byond the discard date could result in contamination of the solution and can lead to severe infection, vision loss or blindness.
There are no known containdications for use of this product. However, if you are allergic to any ingredient in the Clear Conscience Multi-Purpose Solution, do not use.
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