{"title":"加纳隐形眼镜护理液的护理方法与配戴者的微生物污染。","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.clae.2024.102252","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>This study sought to assess contact lens solutions<span> care practices, and their microbial contamination among contact lens wearers in Ghana and to profile their antibiotic susceptibility pattern.</span></p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>The study employed a biphasic approach which involved a cross-sectional design that investigated participants’ habits related to care for the solutions with a two-part questionnaire and a microbiological analysis of samples of contact lens care solutions of the participants for microbial contamination. A snowball sampling method provided access to 32 different contact lens wearers in four care facilities in Ghana. In most cases, the participants had no pre-existing familial relationship with each other or with the care facilities.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p><span>Out of 32 samples of contact lens solutions, 30 were tested for microbial contamination. A total of 23 (76.67 %) samples of contact lens solution were found to be contaminated with </span><span><em>Enterobacter</em></span> sp. (34.80 %), <span><em>Pseudomonas</em></span> sp. (21.70 %), <span><em>Bacilli</em></span> sp. (21.70 %), <span><em>Klebsiella</em></span> sp. (17.20 %), and <em>Escherichia coli</em> (4.60 %). The duration of solution storage in the open bottle and nonadherence to manufacturer instructions for solution storage showed a statistically significant association with microbial contamination (<em>p</em> ≤ 0.05).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Contact lens care solutions have been found to harbour multiple antibiotic-resistant bacteria that are potentially pathogenic to the corneal surface. 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A snowball sampling method provided access to 32 different contact lens wearers in four care facilities in Ghana. In most cases, the participants had no pre-existing familial relationship with each other or with the care facilities.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p><span>Out of 32 samples of contact lens solutions, 30 were tested for microbial contamination. A total of 23 (76.67 %) samples of contact lens solution were found to be contaminated with </span><span><em>Enterobacter</em></span> sp. (34.80 %), <span><em>Pseudomonas</em></span> sp. (21.70 %), <span><em>Bacilli</em></span> sp. (21.70 %), <span><em>Klebsiella</em></span> sp. (17.20 %), and <em>Escherichia coli</em> (4.60 %). 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Care practices of contact lens solutions and microbial contamination among wearers in Ghana
Purpose
This study sought to assess contact lens solutions care practices, and their microbial contamination among contact lens wearers in Ghana and to profile their antibiotic susceptibility pattern.
Methods
The study employed a biphasic approach which involved a cross-sectional design that investigated participants’ habits related to care for the solutions with a two-part questionnaire and a microbiological analysis of samples of contact lens care solutions of the participants for microbial contamination. A snowball sampling method provided access to 32 different contact lens wearers in four care facilities in Ghana. In most cases, the participants had no pre-existing familial relationship with each other or with the care facilities.
Results
Out of 32 samples of contact lens solutions, 30 were tested for microbial contamination. A total of 23 (76.67 %) samples of contact lens solution were found to be contaminated with Enterobacter sp. (34.80 %), Pseudomonas sp. (21.70 %), Bacilli sp. (21.70 %), Klebsiella sp. (17.20 %), and Escherichia coli (4.60 %). The duration of solution storage in the open bottle and nonadherence to manufacturer instructions for solution storage showed a statistically significant association with microbial contamination (p ≤ 0.05).
Conclusion
Contact lens care solutions have been found to harbour multiple antibiotic-resistant bacteria that are potentially pathogenic to the corneal surface. The contamination is associated with some unhealthy solution-care practices among wearers.
期刊介绍:
Contact Lens & Anterior Eye is a research-based journal covering all aspects of contact lens theory and practice, including original articles on invention and innovations, as well as the regular features of: Case Reports; Literary Reviews; Editorials; Instrumentation and Techniques and Dates of Professional Meetings.