Care Of Lenses

Primary Eye Care OD-104

Sahibzada Hakim Anjum NadeemDepartmental Coordinator,Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences CEO Anjum Eye Care & Optical CompanyOptometrist, Al-Khair Eye Hospital LahoreCo-Incharge OTTC, Optician, Refractionist, COAVSPhone:03344496480, Email: shanjum92@gmail.com

Overview Of Care And MaintenanceI.Purpose:•Clean lens•Good comfort•Good vision• Safe lens wear

II.Components:• Cleaner•Daily cleaner•Weekly/protein cleaner

•Rinsing solution

Daily CleanerFunction:•To remove:•Loosely bound foreign matter•Cell debris•Mucus,lipid, protein•Cosmetics or other surface contamination

•Daily cleanersContains friction enhancing agents/

polymeric beads•These are the small solid particles that behave as a mild abrasive but which do not affect lens surface

•Eg. Allergan LC 65&B&L sensitive eye daily cleaners

•Extra strength daily cleaner•Alcon Opti-clean, Polycleans ii•B&L Concentrated cleaner•CIBA Miraflow

Weekly cleaners:

•Usually formulated for protein removal•Sometimes called enzymatic cleaners because most contains one or more proteolytic enzymes

Rinsing Solutions:Function:•Removal of loosened lens contaminants•Removal of residual cleaners•Rehydrate lens•Resolve enzyme tabsMost common and most economical rinsing solution is saline

Saline:• Isotonic saline can also be used: •As a medium for enzyme treatment in some regimens•To elute unbound adsorbed or absorbed lens

contaminants•To rehydrate lens

How to wear contact lenses Safely???

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You should see your doctor annually to check your contact lens prescription. And it is considered as a very safety measure for your eyes.

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