title: Efficacy of chlorine disinfection of soft contact lenses.
abstract: We evaluated the chlorine system SOFTAB (Alcon) for the disinfection of soft contact lenses. The results indicate that a 1000-fold reduction in microorganisms was achieved within 6 h. Even with the slight interference of residual cleaner and the more significant interference of organic matter disinfection was still achieved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Optometry, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kriel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van der Merwe
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pheiffer
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria; D002176:Candida albicans; D002713:Chlorine; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003263:Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic; D004202:Disinfectants; D014227:Triazines
chemical_list: D004202:Disinfectants; D014227:Triazines; D002713:Chlorine; C011765:troclosene