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EYE Injury Prevention Month

California Family Medical Center & Urgent Care

Eye Injury Prevention Month

October-Eye Injury Prevention Month

• October is celebrated as eye injury prevention month.

• It is organized by the American Academy of Ophthalmology to increase awareness on prevention of eye injuries.

Eye Injury

• Every year 94,000 US adults lose their eyes due to injury.

• Eye injury may happen at any place - be it at home, at work or during sports.

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Prevent Eye Injury at Home

• Your eyes may get injured while cooking food, cleaning, dusting and repairing.

• At the time of opening champagne bottles during any celebration, the risk of an eye injury is considerably high.

• When you are drilling a wall during repair work, your eyes may get injured.

• Wear a protective eyewear while you are working at home. A protective eyewear prevents about 90 percent of eye injuries.

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Prevent Eye Injury at Work

• Everyday about 2,000 US workers suffer from eye injuries at work. Maximum of these injuries happen due to particles abrading from the machine to the eye.

• Chemical burns from splashes of industrial chemicals.

• Welders also get their eyes injured by ultraviolet rays radiation.

• You can protect your eyes at work place by wearing goggles, face shields, safety glasses or full face respirators.

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Prevent Eye Injury During Sports

• A major number of eye injuries take place during sports.

• About 6 million eye injuries happen every year during sports and one-third of this happens among children.

• Wear specified sports eye gear during sports, be it safety goggles or eye guards.

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