Contact Solution Recall Blog

The FDA, in response to multiple recalls of contact lens solutions, is considering harsher testing requirements for contact lens solutions. The two recalls followed instances of hundreds of eye infections being treated by eye doctors everywhere.
 The Food and Drug Administration outlined a number of proposals last Friday which are all aimed at improving the safety of […]

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There is a long list of possible damages that can be done to eyes through the use of contact lenses.
Recently, there has been an increase in the number of eye infections as well as an increase in the permanent damage being done to eyes through the use of contact lenses. The key bit of information […]

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University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine’s research teams have been awarded a $2.4 million grant to research corneal infections frequently associated with contact lens use.
 The grant was awarded by the National Eye Institute and will be distributed over 5 years. The researchers will specifically study disease-causing fungi.
The main […]

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Complete® MoisturePlus™ multipurpose solution was voluntarily recalled by Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. in California (AMO) on May 25 at the request of the Food & Drug Administration. The solution is linked to an outbreak of serious corneal infections known as Acanthamoeba keratitis.
The results of Centers for Disease Control (CDC) survey this past summer showed that […]

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Nancie Drake of northeast Texas filed a lawsuit on Nov. 29 in the Marshall Division of the Eastern District of Texas against Bausch and Lomb for its ReNu with Multiplus soft contact lens solution.
It is the second product liability suit she filed against Bausch and Lomb for its contact lens solution. Her first suit was […]

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