9
Caring for Your lenses
(Cleaning, rinsing, disinfeCting,
enzYming, storage and
reWetting / lubriCating)
1. basiC instruCtions
For continued safe and comfortable wearing of your
lenses, it is important that you
first clean and rinse, then
disinfect
[and neutralize (for hydrogen peroxide systems)]
your lenses after each removal, using the lens care regimen
recommended by your eye care professional.
Cleaning and
rinsing
are necessary to remove mucus, secretions, films, or
deposits which may have accumulated during wearing. The
ideal time to clean your lenses is immediately after removing
them.
Disinfecting
is necessary to destroy harmful germs.
You should adhere to the lens care regimen recommended
by your eye care professional. Failure to follow the lens
care regimen may result in development of serious ocular
complications as discussed in the WARNINGS section
above.
If you require only vision correction, but will not or cannot
adhere to a recommended lens care regimen, or are unable
to place and remove lenses or have someone available to
place and remove them, you should not attempt to get and
wear contact lenses.
When you first get your lenses, be sure to practice putting
on your lenses and removing them while you are in your eye
care professional’s office. At that time you will be provided
with a recommended cleaning and disinfection regimen and
instructions and warnings for lens care, handling, cleaning,
and disinfection. Your eye care professional should instruct
you about appropriate and adequate procedures and
products for your use, and provide you with a copy of these
Patient Instructions for Lomb
Ultra
®
(samfilcon
A) Visibility Tinted Soft (hydrophilic) Contact Lenses with
MoistureSeal
®
technology.
For safe contact lens wear, you should know and always
practice your lens care routine:
• Always wash, rinse, and dry hands before handling
contact lenses.
• Always use
fresh, unexpired
lens care solutions.
• Use the recommended chemical (not heat) lens care
system and carefully follow instructions on solution
labeling. Different solutions cannot always be used
together, and not all solutions are safe for use with all
lenses. Do not alternate or mix lens care systems unless
indicated on solution labeling.
• Always remove, clean, rinse, enzyme and disinfect your
lenses according to the schedule prescribed by your eye
care professional. The use of an enzyme or any cleaning
solution does not substitute for disinfection.
• Do not use saliva or anything other than the
recommended solutions for lubricating or rewetting your
lenses. Do not put lenses in your mouth.
• Lenses with MoistureSeal
®
technology prescribed in a
frequent replacement program should be thrown away
after the expiration of the wearing period prescribed by
your eye care professional.
• Never rinse your lenses in water from the tap. There are
two reasons for this:
a. Tap water contains many impurities that can
contaminate or damage your lenses and may lead to
eye infection or injury.
b. You might lose the lens down the drain.
lens Wearing sCHedules
Your eye care professional may either recommend using
Lomb
Ultra
®
(samfilcon A) Visibility Tinted Soft
(hydrophilic) Contact Lenses with MoistureSeal
®
technology
as a disposable lens or a frequent/planned replacement lens.
Regardless of the schedule prescribed for you, once a
lens is removed at the end of the prescribed wearing
period, your eye should have a rest period with no lens
wear of overnight or longer, as recommended by your
eye care professional.
dailY Wear
There may be a tendency for the daily wear patient to
over wear the lenses initially. Therefore, the importance of
adhering to a proper, initial daily wearing schedule should
be stressed to these patients. The wearing schedule should
be determined by the eye care professional. The wearing
schedule chosen by the eye care professional should be
provided to the patient.
disPosable lens Wear
No lens care is needed. The lenses are discarded every
time they are removed from the eye. Lenses should only be
cleaned, rinsed and disinfected on an emergency basis when
replacement lenses are not available.
freQuent/Planned rePlaCement
When removed between replacement periods, lenses
must be cleaned and disinfected before reinsertion, or be
discarded and replaced with a new lens.
