Contact Lenses
American Optometric Association
Compiled by Dr. Sandra S. West Please do notcopy w/o credit being given to author.
Students can safely wear contact lenses in the lab if they wear proper eye safety equipment over the contacts.
Studies where rabbits have been trained to wear contact lenses & then had chemicals splashed in their eyes did not find any evidence of greater injury to the eyes w/ contact lenses.
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