09 | 6 | 2006 Posted By William G. Pintas

Report Concludes Bausch & Lomb Only Lens Solution To Cause Recent Infections

"Federal disease control experts and leading eye doctors have formally concluded that Bausch & Lomb's ReNu with MoistureLoc was the only contact lens solution contributing to an outbreak of potentially blinding fungal eye infections earlier this year. But the researchers' report, to be published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, says it remains unclear how the product caused the problems. And an accompanying commentary by two academic researchers, meanwhile, argues that further study is needed to gauge the safety profile of all the various brands of 'multipurpose' lens-care solutions on the market that, like MoistureLoc, are used for cleaning, storing and moistening soft contact lenses."

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