Journal article
3. Ocular surface health with contact lens wear
Abstract
Eye care practitioners (ECPs) would tend to agree that wearing contact lenses increases the risk for infection, but millions of patients are still fitted with lenses every year because ECPs feel that the risk is manageable and that their patients' eye health can be protected. The Fusarium and Acanthamoeba keratitis outbreaks of years past were a wake-up call to manufacturers, ECPs, and regulatory agencies that risk cannot be managed without …
Authors
Shovlin JP; Argüeso P; Carnt N; Chalmers RL; Efron N; Fleiszig SMJ; Nichols JJ; Polse KA; Stapleton F; Wiley L
Journal
Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, Vol. 36, , pp. s14–s21
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2013
DOI
10.1016/s1367-0484(13)60005-3
ISSN
1367-0484