Recalls highlight need for records

Most UK optical practices claim to take a record of the contact lens solutions that their patients buy, an Optician straw poll has indicated.

Optician's telephone survey follows the recall of AMO's Complete MoisturePlus solution and Bausch & Lomb's Renu with MoistureLoc.

According to The College of Optometrists, it is the responsibility of practitioners to keep a record of their patients' care system and said the College's optometric adviser Dr Susan Blakeney: 'The College's guidance states that when assessing a wearer of contact lenses, the examination should normally include "a record of the current care system being employed".'