Northeastern Eye Institute, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.
Cont Lens Anterior Eye. 2013 Jan 15;36 Suppl 1:S14-21. doi: 10.1016/S1367-0484(13)60005-3.
Eye care practitioners (ECPs) would tend to agree that wearing contact lenses increases the risk for infection, but millions of patients are still fitted with lenses every year because ECPs feel that the risk is manageable and that their patients' eye health can be protected. The Fusarium and Acanthamoeba keratitis outbreaks of years past were a wake-up call to manufacturers, ECPs, and regulatory agencies that risk cannot be managed without diligence, and that the complex relationship between contact lens materials, contact lens solutions, and compliance needs to be better understood in order to optimize the efficacy of contact lens care and improve care guidelines.
眼科保健医生(ECP)可能会认为佩戴隐形眼镜会增加感染的风险,但每年仍有数百万人接受隐形眼镜的适配,因为 ECP 认为这种风险是可以控制的,并且可以保护患者的眼部健康。过去几年中 Fusarium 和 Acanthamoeba 角膜炎的爆发,让制造商、ECP 和监管机构意识到,如果不认真对待,风险是无法控制的,并且需要更好地理解隐形眼镜材料、隐形眼镜护理液和依从性之间的复杂关系,以优化隐形眼镜护理的效果并改进护理指南。