Whether your eye wash bottle is propeller top (twist tab) or screw top - remember thee are always one-time use.

Just because you can put a screw top back on doesn't mean you should. If an eye wash has been opened, it is no longer sterile. You should on'y put sterile eye wash in eyes, contaminants in opened eye wash bottles could react adversely with whatever you are trying to flush from the eye, or could cause their own damage to the eye.

During Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month, the American Academy of Ophthalmology reminds us that Tens of thousands of sports and recreation-related eye injuries occur each year. The good news is that 90 percent of serious eye injuries are preventable through use of appropriate protective eyewear.

The risk of eye injury can vary depending on the activity. Make sure the level of eye protection you or others in your family use is appropriate for the type of activity. Regular eyeglasses do not offer proper eye protection.

High-Risk Sports

For all age groups, sports-related eye injuries occur most frequently in baseball, basketball and racquet sports.

Boxing and full-contact martial arts pose an extremely high risk of serious and even blinding eye injuries. There is no satisfactory eye protection for boxing, although thumbless gloves may reduce the number of boxing eye injuries.

In baseball, ice hockey and men’s lacrosse, a helmet with a polycarbonate (an especially strong, shatterproof, lightweight plastic) face mask or wire shield should be worn at all times. It is important that hockey face masks be approved by the Hockey Equipment Certification Council or the Canadian Standards Association (CSA).

Protective eyewear with polycarbonate lenses should be worn for sports such as basketball, racquet sports, soccer and field hockey. Choose eye protectors that have been tested to meet the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards or that pass the CSA racquet sports standard. See the EyeSmart Protective Eyewear page for additional details.

If you already have reduced vision in one eye, consider the risks of injuring the stronger eye before participating in contact or racquet sports, which pose a higher risk of eye injury. Check with your ophthalmologist (Eye M.D.) to see if appropriate eye protection is available and whether or not participating in contact or racquet sports is advised.

Sports Eye Safety

For all age groups, sports-related eye injuries occur most frequently in water sports, basketball, and baseball/softball.

More than 25,000 people seek treatment for sports-related eye injuries each year. The good news is that almost all of these injuries can be prevented. Whatever your game, whatever your age, you need to protect your eyes! Learn more Continue reading →

April is Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month - Prevent Blindness.

Eye Safety

Fewer than 1 in 10 U.S. Women Know That Women Are at Greater Risk of Permanent Vision Loss Than Men – According to New National Survey

Founded in 1908, Prevent Blindness is the nation's leading volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight. Focused on promoting a continuum of vision care, Prevent Blindness touches the lives of millions of people each year.

April has a number of Safety Themes...

• Distracted Driving Awareness
• Tornado Awareness
• Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention
• Women's Eye Health and Safety Month
• Child Abuse Prevention
• Tsunami Awareness
• Minority Health
• Air Quality Awareness

&

• Youth Sports Safety Month (our favorite)

You'll hear a lot about these themes throughout April.

Eye Injuries – Eyes move together, so always immobilize both eyes.

Eyes are our portal to the world. and are especially sensitive to injury and contaminants. With any eye injury, treat as well as possible, always erring on the side of caution, while striving to minimize further damage, and with any eye injury - Seek medical attention.

Eye Safety

From Eye Drops, Eye Cups and Eye Patches, to Eye injury protection products, We offer much more in Eye Safety than just our vast selection of Eye Wash in bottles and Eye Wash Stations. Be sure to see our Eye Protection Safety Training products, too!

Additional Eye Care Products From the best Eyeglass Lens Cleaner Wipes to Eye First Aid Packs and Eye Cups, we have all those Eye products you need like Sterile Eye Pads, Eye Drops and the American Red Cross Eye Emergency Pack. We even offer Pens Lights for checking Pupil Dilation and Eye Magnets! Eye Wash Products Eye Wash Bottles and Refills, Eye Rinses and Eye Drops - We offer all sizes from 1/2 oz and 1 oz, 20 ml, even 4, 8, 16 and 32 oz Eye washes and refill bottles - Sterile Eye wash for OSHA compliance and ANSI eye wash standards. Chemical Splash Goggles Eye Safety Goggles for protection against chemical splashes and other foreign body eye contamination. Ventilated Chemical Goggles, Crews Protect Splash Goggles and more. Eyesaline Eye Stations & Refills Eyesaline Solution for Porta Stream I & II, Flash Flood Refill Cartridges and the Porta Stream I Concentrate. Sperian, Fend-All, Eyesaline Brand Eyewash Stations & refills by Sperian Fendall. Eye Drops Lubricated Eye Drops for redness and itchy eyes and Industrial Strength Eye Drops for Welder's Arc. Advanced eye relief at affordable pricing. HAWS Eye Station & Refills HAWS 15 Minute Portable Eye Wash Station and HAWS Water Preservative Additive. Eye Stations & Refills Double Eye Wash Stations with built in Eye Safety Station Signage and refills Eye Wash bottles in 16 oz and 32 oz sizes. Two Bottle Double Eyewash Stations for OSHA Eye Safety Compliance. Eye Stations & Refills