The International Standards Organization (ISO) is considering whether to revise a contact lens solution standard following the Fusarium keratitis cases linked to ReNu with MoistureLoc.
A revision of ISO 14729 would centre on issues such as 'no rub and no rinse' solutions and the strains of Fusarium against which solutions should be tested.
An ISO committee confirmed the existing standard in April after a standard five-year review but had no chance to consider the ramifications of the US withdrawal of MoistureLoc which occurred a couple of days before, so it has set up a working group to review the standard.
The ISO told Optician: 'The task of the project group is not to revise the standard but to review it in the light of the Bausch & Lomb case. The group will report by February 2007 on whether the standard should be revised.'
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