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From: hub@fortune.UUCP (Hub Steenbakkers)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Long term storage of contact lenses
Message-ID: <5841@fortune.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 21-Jan-86 20:22:59 EST
Article-I.D.: fortune.5841
Posted: Tue Jan 21 20:22:59 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 23-Jan-86 08:52:00 EST
Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA
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Keywords: contact lense

I've retired a pair of extended wear contact lenses and wish to keep
them as a backup pair.
Can they be stored in solutions which don't contain preservatives?
Or can the the lenses be cleansed free of preservatives at a later
date?  Solutions with preservatives irritate my eyes.