Proposed practice guidelines for continuous contact lens wear
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Proposed practice guidelines for continuous contact lens wear.
The introduction of silicone-containing hydrogel contact lenses (SCHCLs) for continuous wear (CW) presents practitioners with a unique challenge. To facilitate the transition, we propose a set of guidelines for the conduct of CW practice. The general concepts for the guide are derived from a range of similar codes of practice that have been produced for a range of aspects of eye care. The more ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Experimental Optometry
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0816-4622,1444-0938
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2001.tb04942.x