Translation of "distributrice de lentilles cornéennes " (French → English) :

Contact lens care

corneal lens | corneal contact shell

9. A supply of eyeglasses or contact lenses if the eyeglasses or contact lenses are, or are to be, supplied under the authority of a prescription prepared, or an assessment record produced, by a person for the treatment or correction of a defect of vision of a consumer named in the prescription or assessment record and the person is entitled under the laws of the province in which the person practises to prescribe eyeglasses or contact lenses, or to produce an assessment record to be used for the dispensing of eyeglasses or contact lenses, for the treatment or correction of the defect of vision of the consumer.

According to a 2003 Health Canada report, the rate of serious injury among people using corrective contact lenses every day is approximately 1% and the overall rate of complication is about 10%. It is estimated that the rate of injury and complication—for example, infection, inflammation or ulceration—is much higher among non-corrective contact lens users than among those who use corrective lenses.

Some of these clues include the number of Internet sites offering cosmetic contact lenses; the number of media articles regarding cosmetic contact lenses and the complications associated with them; the activity in Europe, Asia, and North America by opticians, ophthalmologists, and optometrists pursuing better controls; and increasing activity by the same professional groups in issuing annual warnings about decorative contact lens use and educating consumers and parliamentarians.

The final assessment was submitted to Health Canada in September 2003 and it outlined the scientific evidence, which at that point was still being debated by public health officials, that the level of risk associated with the use of cosmetic contact lenses was comparable to that associated with corrective lenses and maybe potentially higher.