Substantial percentages of adults and adolescents reported noncompliance with recommended contact lens storage case and lens replacement schedules, according to Jennifer R. Cope, MD, and fellow researchers in a recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the CDC.

The report was the first-ever population-based estimates of contact lens-related risk behaviors in wearers 12 to 17 years old in the U.S. by the CDC and its release coincides with Contact Lens Health Week, Aug. 21 to 25.