| Literature DB >> 25980811 |
Yvonne Tzu-Ying Wu1, Mark Willcox1, Hua Zhu1, Fiona Stapleton2.
Abstract
A contaminated contact lens case can act as a reservoir for microorganisms that could potentially compromise contact lens wear and lead to sight threatening adverse events. The rate, level and profile of microbial contamination in lens cases, compliance and other risk factors associated with lens case contamination, and the challenges currently faced in this field are discussed. The rate of lens case contamination is commonly over 50%. Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, Bacillus spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Serratia marcescens are frequently recovered from lens cases. In addition, we provide suggestions regarding how to clean contact lens cases and improve lens wearers' compliance as well as future lens case design for reducing lens case contamination. This review highlights the challenges in reducing the level of microbial contamination which require an industry wide approach.Entities:
Keywords: Contact lens case cleaning guidelines; Contact lens hygiene compliance; Lens case contamination; Microbial keratitis; Review; Risk factor
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Year: 2015 PMID： 25980811 DOI： 10.1016/j.clae.2015.04.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cont Lens Anterior Eye ISSN： 1367-0484 Impact factor: 3.077