title: Warning about bacterial contamination of therapeutic contact lenses.
abstract: Three of twenty-six soft therapeutic contact lenses were found to have bacterial contaminants in their original sealed manufacturers' containers. We wish to alert clinicians to this danger.
authors.affiliation: Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Matheson
mesh_terms: D003262:Contact Lenses, Extended-Wear / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006801:Humans; D013242:Sterilization