Soft Contact Lenses and Solutions in Canada

Auteurs-es

  • H.D.E Inns

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.15353/cjo.v42i1.4078

Mots-clés :

Contact lenses

Résumé

Factual background information is provided on hydrophylic lens polymers and the changes in lens parameters when a change is made in the temperature, tonicity or pH of the solution they are immersed in. Cleaning and disinfection are discussed under three headings. 1) Cleaning: a) surfactants b) oxidizing agents c)enzyme cleaners; 2) Heat disinfection; 3) Chemical disinfection: a) antimicrobial substances b) oxidative substances. Tables list details of the available lenses, the systems, the salines, the surfactants, the chemical disinfectants, the extra cleaners and the ocular lubricants. 

Publié-e

1980-03-01

Comment citer

Inns, H. (1980). Soft Contact Lenses and Solutions in Canada. Canadian Journal of Optometry, 42(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.15353/cjo.v42i1.4078

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