Sterile eye wash flushes dust, debris, smoke and chemical splashes out of an injured eye. It lets you rinse an eye cleanly and at once when clean tap water is not at hand.
Sterile eye wash is a buffered saline solution that flushes grit, dust, smoke and chemical splashes out of an eye. Choose bottles you can open fast and aim with one hand.
- Quantity: Stock at least two 4 oz bottles for a household so you can flush both eyes or treat a second injury.
- Sterility: Pick sealed bottles labeled sterile so every flush starts clean.
- Applicator: Look for an eyecup or a squeeze nozzle that sends a steady stream from the inner corner outward.
- Chemical splashes: Keep clean water ready to follow the bottle, since a chemical splash needs about 15 minutes of flushing.
- Shelf life: Store bottles away from heat and freezing, and rotate them before the printed expiration date.
- Solution: Choose plain buffered saline, and save contact lens rinse and medicated drops for their own jobs.
