IN-OFFICE MICROWAVE DISINFECTION OF SOFT CONTACT-LENSES

被引：9

作者：

HARRIS, MG

RECHBERGER, J

GRANT, T

HOLDEN, BA

机构：

[1] The Morton D Sarver Laboratory for Contact Lens and Corneal Research, University of California School of Optometry, Berkeley, CA

[2] Cornea and Contact Lens Research Unit, School of Optometry, University of New South Wales, Sydney

来源：

OPTOMETRY AND VISION SCIENCE | 1990年 / 67卷 / 02期

关键词：

Disinfection; Irradiation; Microorganisms; Microwave; Soft contact lensse;

D O I：

10.1097/00006324-199002000-00012

中图分类号：

R77 [眼科学];

学科分类号：

100212 ;

摘要：

We evaluated the effectiveness of an in-office microwave disinfection procedure which allowed for the disinfection of up to 40 soft contact lenses at one time. Ciba AOSept cases filled with sterile un preserved saline were contaminated with one of six FDA test challenge microorganisms at a concentration of approximately 103 colony forming units per milliliter (CFU/ml). Twenty cases were placed on the rotating plate of a standard 2450 MHz 650 W microwave oven in a 10-cm diameter circle. The cases were exposed to high intensity microwave irradiation for periods of 0 to 15 min. None of the 6 microorganisms evaluated survived 2 min or longer of microwave exposure. Our findings indicated that microwave irradiation can be a convenient, rapid, and effective method of disinfecting a number of soft contact lenses at one time and thus adaptable as an in-office soft contact lens disinfection procedure. © 1990 American Academy of Optometry.

引用

页码：129 / 132

页数：4

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