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Three of twenty-six soft therapeutic contact lenses were found to have bacterial contaminants in their original sealed manufacturers' containers. We wish to alert clinicians to this danger.
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O'Neill, D., Matheson, M. Warning about bacterial contamination of therapeutic contact lenses. Eye 5, 612–614 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1991.106
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