The nurse is assisting a patient to insert contacts and a contact is dropped. What action should occur next?
a. Moisten the finger with lens solution and gently touch it to pick it up.
b. Moisten the contact lens with tap water and pick it up.
c. Pick it up and insert the contact lens.
d. Discard the contact lens.
ANS: A
If a lens is dropped, do the following: (1) moisten a finger with the lens solution, and then gently touch the lens with the moistened finger to pick it up. (2) Clean, rinse, and disinfect the lens to avoid a potential eye infection from any microorganisms that might have adhered to the lens. The contact lens does not need to be discarded.
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