Do’s and Don’ts of Contact Lens Care
Do:
Always wash your hands and dry them thoroughly before handling contact lenses.
Don’t:
Don’t use tap water, distilled water, or homemade saline solutions as part of your lens care system. Exposure of contact lenses to water has been associated with Acanthamoeba keratitis, a corneal infection that is resistant to treatment and cure.
Always wash your hands and dry them thoroughly before handling contact lenses.
- Clean and disinfect contact lenses with fresh multi-purpose solution as recommended by your optometrist. Never reuse old solution.
- Follow the recommended contact lens replacement schedule prescribed by your optometrist.
- Remove contact lenses before swimming, taking a shower, or entering a hot tub.
- See your optometrist regularly for a contact lens and eye examination to ensure continuous ocular health.
Don’t:
Don’t use tap water, distilled water, or homemade saline solutions as part of your lens care system. Exposure of contact lenses to water has been associated with Acanthamoeba keratitis, a corneal infection that is resistant to treatment and cure.
- Don’t use cream soaps or lotion. They can leave a film on your hands that can transfer to the lenses.
- Don’t share your contact lenses with others.
- Don’t moisten contact lenses in your mouth.
- Don’t transfer contact lens solutions into smaller travel size containers. This can affect the sterility of the solution which can lead to an eye infection.
