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- Wash your hands with soap and warm water. Dry them with a clean
towel.
- If you are putting in your own eye drops, lie down or use a
mirror.
- Look up to the ceiling with both eyes.
- While tilting your head back, pull the lower lid of your eye
down with one hand. Hold the eye drop bottle in your other hand
(rest part of your hand on your forehead if necessary to keep
it steady).
- Place one eye drop inside your lower lid. The tip of the eye
drop bottle should not touch your eye.
- Look down, then release the eyelid and close your eye without
blinking or squeezing the eyelid or rolling the eye around.
- Press the tip of your index finger against the inside corner
of the closed eye applying gentle pressure over the drainage canal
openings and hold gently for two minutes (count slowly to 30).
- Gently wipe off any excess drops that may have spilt onto your
face with a tissue.
- If you are prescribed both eye drops and eye ointment, use the
drops first.
- If you have more than one eye drop to put in your eyes, wait
about 5-10 minutes after inserting the first eye drop before putting
in the second eye drop.
- Immediately after using the eye drops, wash your hands to remove
any medication that may be left on them.
If you have any questions, talk to your eye care practitioner.
Click on these links for further information:
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=43047
http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/how-insert-eye-drops
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