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| ReNu With MoistureLoc Recall: Eye Infection and Eye Fungus from Contact Lens Solution |
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| | 170 | LEAD PLAINTIFF: Case Filed: 2008-03-17 |
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Case Summary: On May 15, 2006 Bausch & Lomb issued a full recall of its ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution after federal health officials linked it to Fusarium keratitis, a fungal eye infection. Without treatment, which can last two to three months, the infection can scar the cornea and blind its victims. As of May 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had received 195 reports of Fusarium keratitis infection in the U.S., 122 of which have been confirmed. In about 50 to 60 percent of the confirmed cases, patients said they used ReNu with MoistureLoc, while a number of other patients said they used other Renu products. Before the recall, an estimated 2.3 million of the 30 million soft contact lens wearers in the nation used Moisture Loc. Case Detail: On August 23, 2006 experts at the Centers for Disease Control and leading eye doctors published a report in The Journal of the American Medical Association, formally concluding that Bausch & Lomb’s ReNu With MoistureLoc was the only contact lens solution contributing to the outbreak of Fusarium fungal eye infections earlier this year. The lead author of the report said “the most important message for contact lens wearers is to stop using MoistureLoc, and throw out any MoistureLoc solution purchased before the recall.” |
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