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Summer means the arrival of pleasant and pleasure. People go for swimming, hiking and other outdoor activities. While one is enjoying the season to his best, it is also important to keep our eyes safe. When compared to winter, the level of ultraviolet radiation (UV) is three times more during summer. During this season, it is very important to safeguard our eyes from UVA and UVB radiation. Sunglass is not just a fashion and style accessory, it is more than that. They are designed to keep our eyes away from harm such as dust and debris. They also prevent headache and migraines caused from bright light. It is very important to wear sunglasses during summer. Prolonged exposure to suns radiation...

Eye care specialists are committed towards protecting patient’s eyes as well as staff. Instruments which are used to treat patients are disinfected first to prevent infection from spreading. Infections are spread in a number of ways - from staff to patient, from patient to staff, by direct contact or by contaminated instruments. It is sometimes also spread through air. There are number of ways to prevent infection from spreading. Some of them are: Disinfection:             Disinfection is nothing but disabling pathogenic microbes. It is done by chemical method or heat and water. However this technique is ineffective on bacterial endospore, fungi and protozoa. Eye Cleaning:              Cleaning is nothing but the removal of foreign materials with water along with detergents...

Eye care practices are very important to follow as per the guidance of your ophthalmologist. There are many points that need to be taken care of before proceeding to the use of any surgical tool like eye speculum. If you follow the best practices to take care of your eyes, it will remain protected, if not any serious injury or eye problem occurs.  To check out the best practices, follow the link.