Showing posts with label disposable contact lenses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disposable contact lenses. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

6 steps will minimise risk from trial contact lenses

1 Decontaminated immediately after contact lens with the eye surface
2 Rinsed in Water for Irrigation BP (not tap water) for not less than 30 seconds
3 Cleaned on all surfaces with a liquid soap or detergent, then rinsed in Water for Irrigation BP for a further 30 seconds
4 Immersed in a freshly prepared solution of sodium hypochlorite providing 10,000ppm of available chlorine for 10 minutes
5 Rinsed in three changes of Water for Irrigation BP for a total of not less than 10 minutes
6 Shaken to remove excess water, dried with a disposable tissue, and stored dry in a suitable container.

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Monday, December 14, 2009

What is contact lens or contact lenses

The contact lens was invented by the Czech chemist Otto Wichterle and his assistant Drahoslav Lím for correction purpose use only, as glasses. Because the contact lens is light than glasses,so many people like it.

Modern contact lenses deliberately colored, so be used as cosmetic.

As we know, 125 million people use all different contact lens or contact lenses in the world,including 28 to 38 million in the United States and 13 million in Japan. The number is increasing because more and more people using PC to work, which consider as the major reason cause people eyes'sight problems.

There are several types of contact lens:
toric lenses
multifocal lenses
extended wear lenses
disposable contact lenses
disposable lens

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