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If you wear contact lenses then there are some basic must be taken to prevent eye infections. Fundamental hygiene for wearing contacts is simple to do and will assist in maintaining healthy eyes.

Before putting the contacts in your eyes at any time, you should wash and dry hands thoroughly. Under warm water, for thirty seconds hands should be lathered and scrubbed.

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 work over a table with a mirror and over a clean desk. Open your contact case one side at a time so that you can make sure you don’t accidentally get your lenses mixed up.

After the first lens in place, repeat the process for the second. Rinse the case with clean contact lens solution and dump any remaining solution down the drain.

The tip of the contact lens solution must be touched to anything. This will help to keep the bottle and its contents sterile.

While you should never rub your eyes, this is especially true if your contacts are in. Considerable damage could be caused if you were to scratch the cornea of your eye. Soft contact lenses should only be re-wetted with contact solution, never use water or saliva.

For buildup of mucus like material, watch your eyes. This is an indication of a problem with the contacts and they should be removed and kept out until the problem has cleared up. This is when you should allow eyes time to get better and stop contact contamination.

The contact lens case should be replaced every three months. Contacts should be replaced as directed by your doctor. Not longer than recommended by your doctor, do not attempt to wear your contact lenses.