Hygiene not the Culprit in Bausch & Lomb Fusarium Infections

Kevin Walsh

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Bausch ReNu with MoistureLoc is a culprit in Fusarium infections. Poor hygiene is not the reason for the infections, which have led to vision loss and lawsuits.

An article appearing in the Bradenton Florida local newspaper gives voice to the possibility that Bausch & Lomb might defend themselves against an onslaught of litigation over its ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens cleaning solution, by pointing a dirty finger at their customers. To his credit, reporter Bob LaMendola makes clear that the ReNu with MoistureLoc infections occurred at no higher incidence in victims who admitted to poorer hygiene regimens. In a high-interest case as this, LaMendola and others have clearly separated the wheat from the chaff in that, while Bausch should take hygiene into consideration when making a product such as MoistureLok, clearly it was NOT a hygiene-related outbreak. Specifically, Bob LaMendola's report says ;

The study team looked at 45 fungus victims, and as a comparison, surveyed 78 lens wearers with similar backgrounds living in the same areas. Those infected were no more likely than the others to have poor eye-care hygiene.