INSTILLING EYE DROPS

• Wash your hands thoroughly
• Open the bottle with medication
• Tilt your head back and look up, at the ceiling
• Pull the lower lid down until it forms a small pocket
• Squeeze the bottom of the dropper bottle to release one drop into the eye
• Make sure the tip of the bottle doesn’t touch the eye
• Release the lower lid and close your eye for a few seconds
• Dab excess medication with a clean tissue – don’t touch the eye
• Replace the cap of the eye drops immediately after use

USING EYE OINTMENT

• Wash your hands well
• Remove the cap from the ointment tube
• Pull the lower lid down till it forms a small pocket
• Look up
• Carefully squeeze a 1 cm line of ointment inside of the lower eyelid
• Make sure the tip of the tube doesn’t touch your eye
• Blink your eye to spread the ointment. Your vision may be blurred at this point, but it will get clear if you keep blinking
• Wipe away excess ointment with a clean tissue
• Replace the cap of the ointment tube

USEFUL TIPS:

• It may be easier to instill drops and apply ointment in front of a mirror
• If you are using multiple eye drops, please allow for 10-15 minutes between instilling drops
• If you are using multiple eye ointments, allow about 30-45 minutes between two ointments.
• If you are using ointment and drops, use the drops first and wait for about 10 minutes before applying the ointment.
• If you are wearing contact lenses, remove them prior to instilling drops. You can wear them again in 10-15 minutes.
• Do not wear contact lenses if you are using eye ointment