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- Many consumer products and medications in plastic "eye dropper" bottles can be easily confused with eye drops, leading to potential eye injuries.
- An elderly glaucoma patient mistook blue ink for his medication, resulting in an ocular injury.
- There is a significant risk for elderly individuals with visual or cognitive impairments, and experts have urged for better packaging distinctions between ophthalmic and non-ophthalmic products for over 35 years with little action taken.
Article Abstract
Purpose: Many consumer products and non-ophthalmic medications are packaged in plastic "eye dropper" bottles, posing a risk of accidental ocular chemical injury when these substances are mistaken for eye drops.
Observations: We present the case of an elderly glaucoma patient who mistook blue stamper ink for the glaucoma medication Combigan®, and suffered ocular injury as a result.
Conclusions And Importance: The packaging of non-ophthalmic products in plastic "eye dropper" bottles poses a significant risk of accidental ocular chemical injury. Elderly individuals with low vision and/or cognitive deficits may be at particular risk of accidental injury. Ophthalmologists have been calling for a greater distinction between the packaging of ophthalmic and non-ophthalmic products for over 35 years, but to date little progress has been made in this regard.
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