Contact Lens Solution Pulled Due to Infections BRIEFLY: NEW YORK

May 28, 10:30 AM

Current Headlines: A contact lens solution manufacturer voluntarily withdrew its product after health officials said an investigation had linked it to a rare but potentially blinding eye infection.

Customers were advised to immediately stop using the solution, AMO Complete Moisture Plus Multi-Purpose Solution. The solution, used to clean and store soft contact lenses, is made by Advanced Medical Optics of Santa Ana, California. The company withdrew the product Saturday.

Wearers of soft contact lenses who have the AMO solution were advised to discard all partly used or unopened bottles and switch to alternative products. They should also throw out their current contact lenses and the lens storage case because they may harbor an infection-causing amoeba, said officials of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

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