Ep 7: Contact Lens Hygiene

You’ll learn:

• The components of multipurpose solutions (MPS)

• About the various enzymatic cleaners for soft vs GP contact lenses

• Pros/Cons of MPS vs Hydrogen Peroxide care systems

• About the Staining Wars/ Solution-Induced Corneal Staining (SICS)

• The differences between different types of soft and GP contact lens solutions

• Toxicity symptoms

• What solutions are compatible with increasingly popular HydraPEG coating

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Resources/Sources:

• Contact Lens Solutions Chart

• December 2020 issue of Tyler’s Quarterly

  • Soft CL solutions

  • GP solutions

  • CL Compatible Makeup

• Why you need to rub all contacts when cleaning

  • Zhu, Hua*; Bandara, Mahesh B.*; Vijay, Ajay K.*; Masoudi, Simin; Wu, Duojia; Willcox, Mark D. P.* Importance of Rub and Rinse in Use of Multipurpose Contact Lens Solution, Optometry and Vision Science: August 2011 - Volume 88 - Issue 8 - p 967-972 DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31821bf976

• Surfactants vs disinfectants

  • https://www.reviewofcontactlenses.com/article/contact-lens-solutions-101-44388

• Optifree’s 2-minute video on proper CL hygiene

  • https://opti-free.myalcon.com/contact-lens-solution/opti-free/products/opti-free-puremoist/

• The Staining Grid Wars

  • https://www.clspectrum.com/issues/2007/november-2007/a-statistical-analysis-of-the-staining-grid

  • https://contactlensupdate.com/2019/07/16/staining-wars/

• Images:

  • Dirty lens case: https://www.clspectrum.com/archive/2008/January/images/CLS_January_A08_Fig01.jpg

  • Jelly Bump/ Lens calculi photos: https://www.reviewofcontactlenses.com/CMSImagesContent/2020/05/CEFig2.jpg, https://www.sharpeyesvisioncenter.com/_Media/dscn1610_2_med.jpeg

  • The fresh solution into CL case: https://www.lenspure.com/images/articles/fresh-lens-solution-clean-contacts-case.jpg

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