Bausch & Lomb Lens Solution Received Warning From Federal Regulators. Bausch & Lomb Inc. said today it has received a warning from federal regulators about its response to an inspection of a manufacturing plant involved in the investigation of an outbreak of a rare eye infection in contact lens wearers. In an 11-page letter to … [Read more...]
B&L Fix Violations at Lens Solution Plant
Recalled ReNu Lens Solution Still on the Market
ReNu Lens Solution Has Been Connected To A Fungal Condition. The recalled contact-lens solution ReNu with MoistureLoc had maintained a 2 percent market share into the early weeks of September, despite the fact that distribution of the Bausch and Lomb product was halted by the company on April 9. Use of that solution has been … [Read more...]
Lens solution blamed for eye infection
ReNu With MoistureLoc Solutions Was Responsible For An Eye Infection. A U.S. agency and eye doctors reportedly agree the ReNu With Moisture Loc contact lens solution alone was responsible for an eye infection outbreak this year. But the research led by Dr. Douglas Chang, a fungal disease specialist at the Centers for Disease … [Read more...]
More Data On Lens Solution Infection
Bausch & Lomb Lens Solution Infection. Users of a recently recalled contact lens solution by Bausch & Lomb were more than 20 times as likely to develop a potentially blinding eye infection as nonusers. The CDC study released today shows that 164 confirmed cases of the corneal infection Fusarium keratitis were reported in 33 … [Read more...]
Experts: Lens solution still a risk
People Still Using The Recalled Contact Lens Solution. People still using the ReNu with MoistureLoc contact-lens solution need to stop, Kenneth Goins, a University of Iowa clinical associate professor of ophthalmology, said Thursday. And they need to stop now. "I've just seen too many patients and too many problems with it," he … [Read more...]
Lens Solution The Culprit In Lens Scare
Lens Solution A Culprit Worldwide. Contact lens maker Bausch and Lomb has discovered that the cause behind the recent spate of fungal eye infections worldwide is the ReNu lens cleaning solution itself. The findings were released at the first day of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress. Most contact lens cleaning … [Read more...]
Recalled lens solution back in the eye of the storm
Eye Infection Among Users Of A Recalled Lens Solution. Three cases of possible fungal eye infection among users of a contact lens solution, linked to a rare disease that causes blindness, have been reported in Dubai, Gulf News has learned. Renu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution, manufactured by Bausch and Lomb, was … [Read more...]
