Bausch & Lomb, the company forced to recall millions of bottles of contact lens solution last year after hundreds of users contracted keratitis infections and other personal injuries, announced a recall of a second brand of its contact lens solution on March 6, 2007. Twelve lots of ReNu MultiPlus multi-purpose contact lens solution are being recalled. No injuries related to this recall have been reported.

Certain lots of ReNu MultiPlus, a multi-purpose solution marketed for cleaning and storage of soft contact lenses, were recalled by the company after elevated levels of trace iron were found. The lots of recalled ReNu solution were made at the same Greenville, SC Bausch & Lomb plant where Fusarium bacteria was found to have contaminated the company’s ReNu MoistureLoc product.

Over 100 contact lens wearers contracted microbial keratitis during the fungal infection outbreak, which injured people in Singapore as well as the United States. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) later found that the largest majority of users’ injuries were linked to the ReNu MoistureLoc product.

ReNu MultiPlus is a related product that was not recalled at the time of the outbreak, but was linked to some adverse event reports (Source: CDC Release, April 10, 2006). Bausch & Lomb is now recalling 12 lots of ReNu MultiPlus which were distributed in the U.S., Latin America, Canada, Korea, and Taiwan.

Recalled ReNu MultiPlus solution carries the expiration date “2008-03” on the bottle. Bausch & Lomb is advising contact lens wearers to discard any ReNu MultiPlus solution that may appear discolored.

Source: “Bausch & Lomb recalls second contact lens solution,” Reuters, March 6, 2007.