How can I prevent an Acanthamoeba eye infection?
• Practice good personal hygiene when handling your contact lenses. • Remind young contact lens wearers about proper lens handling. • Clean, rinse, and disinfect lenses with commercially made sterile solutions before placing them in the eyes. • Clean lens cases with commercially made sterile solutions. • Don’t use tap water, homemade solutions, and other non-sterile solutions to disinfect and store contacts. • Don’t wet lenses with saliva. • Follow manufacturer instructions in rinsing and storing contact lenses. • Don’t swim while wearing your contacts. • Don’t trade, share, or borrow another person’s lenses. • Replace lenses and lens cases as often as possible. • Only wear contact lenses prescribed by an eye care professional.
