“What do you do if you get cleaning products in your eyes?”
I am a 23 year old female. I want to know what do you do if you get cleaning products in your eyes?
6 Answers
Initial Evaluation
Emergency response. Initial treatment of any chemical injury should begin immediately at the time and place of the injury. The affected eye(s) should be irrigated copiously with any available noncaustic fluid at the injury site and throughout transport to the hospital. Irrigation should continue at the hospital until the pH of the ocular surface has normalized to a range of between 7.0 and 7.2.=20
Emergency response. Initial treatment of any chemical injury should begin immediately at the time and place of the injury. The affected eye(s) should be irrigated copiously with any available noncaustic fluid at the injury site and throughout transport to the hospital. Irrigation should continue at the hospital until the pH of the ocular surface has normalized to a range of between 7.0 and 7.2.=20
It is important to flush your eyes for at least 20 minutes with water or sterile saline solution. If you have symptoms of pain or loss of vision it is important to contact your ophthalmologist right away.
Wash with water
Immediately rise with copious amounts of water. Most people do not have access to bags of sterile saline or lacteted ringers (IV bags) in their homes, so make due with what you have. Make sure not to have the water pressure on too high so as not to damage the outer tissues of the eye.
After at least 5-10 minutes of aggressive rinsing, I recommend going to the emergency room to be further rinsed with sterile solutions, as well as having the pH of your eyes checked. Ideally you should bring the container of the chemical with you so the health care professional can check the ingredients to know what it contained.
After at least 5-10 minutes of aggressive rinsing, I recommend going to the emergency room to be further rinsed with sterile solutions, as well as having the pH of your eyes checked. Ideally you should bring the container of the chemical with you so the health care professional can check the ingredients to know what it contained.
That question goes to the Emergency Room or Poison Center. Of course, at once start using large amounts of water to wash out the eyes.
Edward B. Silberstein, M.A., M.D.
Edward B. Silberstein, M.A., M.D.
Put your eyes under running water
