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REPORT SA " _ PAGE a - MTERLOO CHRONICLE. WEDNE‘DAY, JUNE 10. ttttrl A report recently submitted to the ieder- al government by sev- eral Unversity of Wa. terloo faculty members and a London, Ont., optometrist makes a variety of recommen- dations intended to en- sure the safety of wearers of contact lenses. L- ROBINSON'S &rili Because contact Our three-year MATERIALS MANAGEMENT program at the Guelph campus can prepare you for a career in purchasing, production planning, inventory control, warehousing and distribution, or sales. You receive instruction in a broad range of areas, including time and motion study, cost control, commodity analysis, and marketing. You may qualify for financial assistance through the Ontario Ch Sl Student Assistance Program (OASP). Call us; . I.‘ 2gitglfifei2e we'll give you (1% Arts the details on the MATERIALS Guelph . K, MANAGEMENT program. ; . . . 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Woodruft, direc- tor of UW's School of Optometry and an op- tometrist with wide ex- perience in the clinical application of contact lenses, “Thus a very" important part of any contact lens purchase has to be the instruc- tion the clinician-- ophthalmologist or up‘ $1995 Ji'; c.1-e-p.osi't) 14 Professional Colour Portraits 2-8X108, 2-5x7s, 10-Wallets COLOUR PORTRAIT Conestoga Mall, Waterloo King Centre, Kitchener 550 King St. N. . 255 King St. W. No addmonal charges for groups. Addmonal portraits and specual ettects portraiture, f available, may be purchased at reasonable prices m addition to the package. Poses our selection Moors must be acCompamed try a parent Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded tometrist--provides. We also think the way manufacturers label the supplies and equip- ment needed to keep lenses clean and sterile is extremely impor- tant." So concerned were they about proper guid- ance for contact teds wearers, the commit- tee recommended such things as contact lens cleansing solutions to be sold y on a pre- scriptimmsls. “This Is intended to insure the user gets proper guidance," says Dr. Woodruff. "One reason for concern is that new products seem to be coming onto the market all the time and you can't be sure Dr. Woodruff says other members of the committee were Dr. Murchison Callender, chief of contact lens service in UW's optom etry school, Dr. Ken neth 1rDriscoll, a chemical engineer who pioneered some of the early chemistry and manufacturing tech nology for soft contact lenses, Dr, Alpha Charles, biologist who has studied the micro, biological implications of soft contact lenses for several years, and Dr. Brian Garnett, a practising optometrist who has specialized in contact lens practice for many years. The report is also concerned with such things as proper labelr ing of materials and equipment-ins; ti0ns should be clear and easy to read and warnings and caution- ary statements should be included where ap- propriate. The report calls, for example, for warnings against use of eye medication, eye drops and so forth when one wears con- tact lenses. It says in- structions should in- clude what to do in the event of an eye infec- tion. the wearer will pur- chase the proper item if you leave tt entirely up to him or her. Wearers simply can't keep up with all the changes." Many manufacturers do not include, in easily readable type. all the information the report The report notes both hard and soft lenses are made from a vari- ety of materials and that what works effec- tively with one may not work well with a num- ber of others. Thankyou Waterloo for saving our health advantage. All our children will benefit _ from your good sense. apomrored by the NO means YES tor Fuoride Commune Many lens cases do not segregate left and right lenses, in spite of the fact that mixing lenses in the case could result in the transfer of an infection from one eye to the other, As for the electric units that distinfect contact lenses by heat, the re port notes that many of these have safety we cautions printed only on the bottom (so you can't read them while the unit is in use). Others lack warnings about the dangers of using such units near sinks or taps. would like to see in cluded. Many, far in stance, do not aceura tely describe the spe- cific type of lens a cleanser is intended to be used with, Most don‘t give any indica tion as to the best storage temperature, He says the altema- tive is to leave it to the federal government to tightly control lens care products and equipment. This, he feels, may place too much burden on the contact lens wearers. Dr. Woodruff says the report contends the best way of safeguard- ing contact lens wearers is through the clinicians (optome- trists and ophthalmolo- gists) who prescribe them. It is up to these people. he feels, to teach wearers how to insert and remove lenses. how to clean and care for them, what products are best to use with what type of lens. and so on. "This is basically the way the Canadian sys- tem is working at the moment," he says. “and we think it is the best way. "