If you wear contact lenses then there are some basic must be taken to prevent eye infections. Basic contact lens hygiene is easy to follow and will help to keep your eye healthy.

You must wash and dry your hands thoroughly, at any time before putting contacts into your eyes. You must lather and scrub your hands with warm water for 30 seconds.

Inserting your contacts while standing over a bathroom sink is never a good idea, because a dropped lens means it will be swimming in bacteria from the sink, or you may even lose it down the drain. Instead of working on a desk or a clean table with a mirror. Open the case that holds your contacts one side at a time to ensure you do not mix up your lenses by mistake.

After the first lens is in, do it again with the next lens. Dump any solution left in the sink and rinse the case with the cleaning solution lens.

Never touch the tip of the contact lens solution bottle to anything. This will help to keep the bottle and its contents sterile.

Although it’s not a good idea to ever rub your eyes, if you wear soft contact lenses, this is particularly important. You might scratch your cornea and it could result in terrible injury. Contact lenses should be re-moistened with a solution of contact, never use water or saliva.

Watch your eyes for buildup of mucus like material. They should be removed and kept out until the problem has cleared up and this is an indication of a problem with the contacts. To prevent contamination of the contact and this is to give the eye time to heal.

Every three months, the contact lens case should be replaced. As directed by your doctor, contacts should be replaced. Do not attempt to wear your contact lenses longer than recommended by your doctor.

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