View Single Post
  #10  
Old 06-20-2005, 11:40 AM
spamuell spamuell is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: London, UK
Posts: 924
Default Re: Quick help,..lost contact case

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
I've used Dixie cups or glasses before with saline or just tap water to keep them wet overnight.

[/ QUOTE ]

You definitely should not use tap water. It isn't sterile, and contains microorganisms that have the potential to enter your eye and cause blindness, such as Acanthamoeba.

http://www.eyemdlink.com/Condition.asp?ConditionID=42

[/ QUOTE ]

Wow, thanks, I didn't know this and I've kept my lenses in water before.
Reply With Quote