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Keep the Solution Bottle Closed

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Old 04-08-2008, 03:18 PM
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Default Keep the Solution Bottle Closed

I read that you should always keep the bottle of contact lens solutions closed when you're not using it. Why is that? I suspect there's reason other than "you might spill it."
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Airborne pathogens.
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Old 04-22-2008, 02:42 PM
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Default Keep the Solution Bottle Closed

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Airborne pathogens.
Eww.

Don't those same "airborne pathogens" get directly in your eyes, though?
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Old 04-22-2008, 05:51 PM
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They probably do but our tears help flush them away there. I always wondered why it was necessary if the solution in the bottle is designed to eliminate the pathogens anyway. It is probably just over-kill but I have always been told that you can be fined in an optical shop if the bottle lids are not closed.
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Old 04-22-2008, 05:57 PM
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Default Keep the Solution Bottle Closed

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They probably do but our tears help flush them away there. I always wondered why it was necessary if the solution in the bottle is designed to eliminate the pathogens anyway. It is probably just over-kill but I have always been told that you can be fined in an optical shop if the bottle lids are not closed.
Interesting. Thank you.
Did they ever tell you what kind of fine it would be if you didn't close a lid? How serious of an offense is this?

I think you're right about the solution being antiseptic.
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Old 04-26-2008, 01:40 PM
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Sometime light effects the solution so that might be a reason to keep it closed too. But, why would anyone keep it open after they use it?
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Old 04-30-2008, 01:23 AM
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not only woudl it spill, or airborne pathogens contaminate. another was evaporation of water and other chemicals that keep the solution at the right viscosity and PH. if the salts that are added to mimic are concentrated you change the ph and can damage the eye or ruin the lens by not allowing the proper rehydration...
have you ever seen teh edge of a solution bottle with that papery plastic film residue..... thats result of being exposed to air....

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not only woudl it spill, or airborne pathogens contaminate. another was evaporation of water and other chemicals that keep the solution at the right viscosity and PH. if the salts that are added to mimic are concentrated you change the ph and can damage the eye or ruin the lens by not allowing the proper rehydration...
have you ever seen the edge of a solution bottle with that papery plastic film residue..... that's result of being exposed to air....

j
Thank you, J. That makes a lot of sense.
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Old 06-18-2009, 02:46 PM
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That's an interesting point about evaporation changing the solution, jimmy's devoted. I hadn't thought of that.

By the way, I've heard of ear drops that had instructions that you should wash your hands before handling the bottle and dropper.
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Old 09-21-2009, 02:26 PM
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I've heard of ear drops that had instructions that you should wash your hands before handling the bottle and dropper.
That's probably not a bad idea when handling eye drops, either. It couldn't hurt, right?
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Old 11-18-2009, 05:27 PM
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Default Germs in an Anti Septic Solution

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They probably do but our tears help flush them away there. I always wondered why it was necessary if the solution in the bottle is designed to eliminate the pathogens anyway.
Yeah, I never thought of that. Why would you worry about germs getting into a bottle filled with a fluid designed to kill germs? It would be like worrying about mice getting into the mouse trap factory, wouldn't it?

Or a cat getting into a dog pound . . .
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Yeah, I never thought of that. Why would you worry about germs getting into a bottle filled with a fluid designed to kill germs? It would be like worrying about mice getting into the mouse trap factory, wouldn't it?

Or a cat getting into a dog pound . . .
Tom & Jerry. The one where Jerry hides out in a dog pound and Tom disguises himself as one of them to find Jerry. Classic.
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