Acanthamoeba Keratitis Eye Infection Prevention Techniques

If you are a contact lens consumer and follow the below listed guidelines, you will reduce your risk of developing an Acanthamoeba Keratitis eye infection.  The following guidelines were supplied to us by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  The CDC suggests:

• See your eye care professional for regular eye examinations.
• Wear and replace contact lenses according to the schedule prescribed by your eye care professional.
• Remove contact lenses before any activity involving contact with water, including showering, using a hot tub, or swimming.
• Wash hands with soap and water and dry before handling contact lenses.
• Clean contact lenses according to the manufacturer’s guidelines and instructions from your eye care professional.
  1. Use fresh cleaning or disinfecting solution each time lenses are cleaned and stored. Never reuse or top off old solution.
  2. Never use saline solution and rewetting drops to disinfect lenses. Neither solution is an effective or approved disinfectant.
• Store reusable lenses in the proper storage case.
  1. Storage cases should be rinsed with sterile contact lens solution (never use tap water) and left open to dry after each use. 
  2. Replace storage cases at least once every three months.

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