Daily Acuvue contact lenses urgently recalled

If you use daily contact lenses, you might want to double check the brand and type of lenses as one type of Johnson & Johnson Acuvue daily disposable lenses are being recalled.

This is everything you need to know about the urgent recall notice.

Recall details

Users of certain Johnson & Johnson Acuvue daily disposable contact lenses are being urged to check their lenses by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

The affected lenses “may have particles on the contact lens or in the contact lens blister solution” according to the recall notice. If these rogue particles aren’t caught before the lens is inserted into the eye, it could cause eye redness or, more seriously, corneal abrasion which is damage to the surface of the eye.

The recall only affects a small batch of lenses.

Do you use these contact lenses? (Photo: Johnson & Johnson)

How to check if your lenses are affected

You can find out if your lenses have been recalled by checking the lot number, which is displayed in the barcode area on the back or side of each individual carton.

The lot number can also be found on the foil of each individual blister package of the contact lens.

These are three batches that have been affected by the recall:

1-Day Acuvue Moist for Astigmatism and the product strength is BC 8.5, -6.00D/-0.75 X 180

Master lot number 395749:

30-Pack lot numbers:

395749010139574901023957490103395749010439574901053957490106395749010739574901083957490109395749011039574901113957490112

1-Day Acuvue Moist for Astigmatism, product strength BC 8.5, -6.00D/-1.75 X 180

Master lot number 395750: