Eye care practitioners (ECPs) would tend to agree that wearing contact lenses increases the
risk for infection, but millions of patients are still fitted with lenses every year because ECPs
feel that the risk is manageable and that their patients' eye health can be protected. The
Fusarium and Acanthamoeba keratitis outbreaks of years past were a wake-up call to
manufacturers, ECPs, and regulatory agencies that risk cannot be managed without
diligence, and that the complex relationship between contact lens materials, contact lens …