FOCUS VISITINT

Description of Event or Problem

SERIOUS INJURY INVOLVING ONE PERSON ON 4/20/1998, PT MENTIONED TO CIBA CONSULTANT OF INABILITY TO WEAR LENSES DUE TO ULCER IN RIGHT EYE, DATE OF EVENT: UNK; LENS MODEL/WATER CONTENT: FOCUS VISITINT/55%; EYE INVOLVED: RIGHT; REFRACTION: HYPEROPIA; DURATION OF USE (MONTHS) WEARING MODALITY: 11; NUMBER OF DAY LENS WORN: UNK; LOST VISIT TO PRACTITIONER PRIOR TO SYMPTOMS: 5/1997; TYPE OF LENS CARE SYSTEM USED: UNK; NAME OF DISINFECTING SYSTEM USED: UNK; HOMEMADE SALINE USED: NO; NUMBER DAYS WORN BETWEEN CLEANING & DISINFECTING: UNK; DAYS BETWEEN CLEANING AND SYMPTOMS: UNK; DAYS BETWEEN SYMPTOMS AND CALLING DR: NOT REPORTED; SELF-TREATMENT BY PT: UNK; HAND WASHING BEFORE LENS MANIPULATION: UNK; ULCER LOCATION: UNK; VISUAL ACUITY BEFORE SYMPTOMS: UNK; VISUAL ACUITY AFTER SYMPTOMS; UNK; RESULTS OF CULTURE: UNK; RESULTS OF CORNEAL BIOPSY AND/OR SCRAPINGS: UNK; CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS: NOT REPORTED; PROGNOSIS: BASED ON CONSUMER COMMENTS, SHE WILL RESUME LENS WEAR.