Technical Report: Guidelines for Handling of Multipatient Contact Lenses in the Clinical Setting.
Optom Vis Sci
; 97(8): 544-548, 2020 Aug.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32769840
SIGNIFICANCE: Standardized guidelines that are clinically practical are needed to assist the prescriber in minimizing the risk of conveying infection through multiuse diagnostic contact lens use and reuse.Contact lens prescribers face the specter of transferring potential pathogens from one patient to another when reusing diagnostic (trial) contact lenses on multiple patients because infectious organisms have been recovered from worn contact lenses, although there is no evidence of transmission through this mechanism. These pathogens can be introduced into the system from one patient to another, or they may be introduced by clinician lens handling, storage, or both. These pathogens can cause acute or chronic systemic or ocular infection that can lead to significant morbidity (temporary or permanent) that includes vision loss.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Manejo de Espécimes
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Desinfecção
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Higiene
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Contaminação de Equipamentos
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Soluções para Lentes de Contato
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Lentes de Contato Hidrofílicas
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Prescrições
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article