Contact lens use at the time of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic for healthcare workers

Risk for contact lens-related infections includes non-modifiable factors such as younger lens wearers, male sex, high refractive error, higher socio-economic status (unexplained, perhaps attributed to behaviour in lens wear) and previous ocular disease[17]. Currently, available advice for the genera...

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Published in:Indian journal of medical research (New Delhi, India : 1994) India : 1994), 2020-05, Vol.151 (5), p.392-394
Main Author: Bhargava, Raghav
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Betacoronavirus
Conjunctivitis - virology
Contact lenses
Contact Lenses - adverse effects
Coronavirus Infections - complications
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - transmission
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease transmission
Epidemics
Eyeglasses
Health aspects
Health Personnel
Humans
Infections
Keratitis - virology
Medical personnel
Pandemics
Personal protective equipment
Pneumonia, Viral - complications
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - transmission
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Viewpoint
Viruses
Workers
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Summary:Risk for contact lens-related infections includes non-modifiable factors such as younger lens wearers, male sex, high refractive error, higher socio-economic status (unexplained, perhaps attributed to behaviour in lens wear) and previous ocular disease[17]. Currently, available advice for the general public is conflicting as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) claims “no evidence to suggest contact lens wearers are more at risk for acquiring COVID-19 than eyeglass wearers”. [...]research is required to investigate the transmission and infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 through ocular tissue and secretions, to ascertain the interaction of lens material with the virus and to determine which lens solution components will fully disinfect this new virus.
ISSN:0971-5916
0975-9174
DOI:10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1492_20