AMO recalls Complete MoisturePlus
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Advanced Medical Optics recalls the multipurpose contact lens solution after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports a potential link between the product and Acanthamoeba keratitis, a rare eye infection, the Santa Ana, Calif.-based firm announces May 25. AMO says it voluntary initiated a worldwide recall out of "an abundance of caution" in response to reports 46 people had developed AK, 21 of whom used Complete MositurePlus the month prior to symptom onset. AMO adds the current recall is unrelated to reports of the fungal infection Fusarium keratitis that led to Bausch & Lomb's worldwide recall of its ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution in 2006 1("The Tan Sheet," April 17, 2006, p. 5)...
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