The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is warning people that a manufacturer, Abbott Medical Optics (AMO), is recalling two lots of AMO Complete multi-purpose contact lens solution because of the potential to cause eye infections.
AMO Complete multi-purpose contact lens solution may have poor fitting caps on the bottles and so the solution may not be sterile.
Two specific lots are being recalled. The details are below:
Complete® multi-purpose solution – affected lots in the UK
Product code – Bottle size – Lot number – Expiration date
93505 – 360 ml – AH01072 – April 2012
93515 – 240 ml – AH01225 – April 2012
The public should check if they have the affected product and if so return them to the original place of purchase or the manufacturer.
Abbott Medical Optics supplies its products to opticians, pharmacies and supermarkets.
Clive Bray, Director of Device Technology and Safety at the MHRA said, “We are asking people to check their contact lens solution as soon as possible because of the risk of potential eye infections.
“People can report any safety-related issues concerning medical devices to the MHRA by calling our Adverse Incident Hotline on 0207 084 3080 or via the MHRA website.”
The MHRA has also issued a Medical Device Alert (MDA) to ophthalmologists, pharmacists, opticians and optometrists who supply contact lens solutions and/or manage people who wear contact lenses. It asks them not to supply or use affected products and to return them to the manufacturer.
Source: MHRA