Month: October 2023

https://www.aoa.org/news/advocacy/patient-protection/how-aoa-is-keeping-contact-lens-wearers-safe-this-spooky-season?sso=y It’s Halloween and the time of year when thousands of people will see a set of zombie eye contact lenses at their local convenience store and think “Man, those will go great with my costume this year!”. It’s also the time of year when those same people will check in to their eye doctors … [Read more…]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/30/health/fda-eye-drops-infection-risk/index.html I think this is the second time this has happened, but the FDA issued a new warning to quit using store branded eye drops from several retailers. Upon inspection, the FDA found “insanitary conditions at the manufactoring facilities” and “positive bacterial test results from environmental sampling of critical drug production areas in the facility”. … [Read more…]