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Re:Blinded after applying contact lenses with wet hands by _delirium on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @11:23AM (#14098550)
My guess is that it was chlorhexidine drops. It's a disinfectant compound that contains chlorine, but isn't directly comparable to the free chlorine that acts as a pool disinfectant. The drops approved in Europe (and used to treat AK) are chlorhexidine 0.02%.
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Re:Blinded after applying contact lenses with wet hands by thrillgore on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @11:42AM (#14098774)
Chlorhexidine is a very common and essential medicine (according to the WHO, at least). It kills damn near anything microbial it touches.
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Re:Blinded after applying contact lenses with wet hands by piptastic on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:46PM (#14100595)
This sounds right, they were sourced from the UK. Sorry, I don't remember exactly, I was much younger then.
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