In focus: Staying away from water

Data from a new study has found stickers on contact lens cases that carry a ‘no water’ message could be beneficial to improve compliance among wearers.

The research, which was published in the Royal College of Ophthalmologists’ Eye journal, found that stickers improved water-contact behaviours and reduced storage case endotoxin.

A total of 200 daily lens wearers (188 completed the study) were randomly selected to receive either a storage case with or without a no-water sticker and both received written compliance information.

Patients completed hygiene questionnaires at the start of the trial and then again after six weeks. Microbial analysis of used storage cases that were collected at both study visits was conducted to assess microbial contamination and endotoxin levels.