If this terrible pandemic has taught us anything – it is that we should be vigilant about our personal hygiene. Hand washing alone should be accomplished every time you get ready to handle a contact lens. Making sure the contact lens case is clean goes without saying too. Knowing when to dispose of your contacts; whether daily, weekly or monthly can help in maintaining clean lenses and ocular surfaces. These practices all contribute to good ocular hygiene while wearing contact lens. Following these simple guidelines will help in keeping your eyes healthy and your lenses comfortable. Continuing to observe these hygiene habits will add to your efforts to avoid exposure to COVID 19 during the pandemic and will help you avoid exposure to common colds, influenza and the virus and bacteria that cause other infections as well.
Author: Theodore Hallberg, O.D.