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Ultraviolet protective eyewear for Wood's light use.

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When interpreting delayed patch test reads for children suspected of having contact dermatitis, the Wood’s light is used to illuminate the highlighter outlines the authors made at the first read.
Abstract
When interpreting delayed patch test reads for children suspected of having contact dermatitis, we use the Wood’s light to illuminate the highlighter outlines we made at the first read. Our pediatric patients wear single-use ultraviolet protective goggles to shield their retinas, because children have a propensity to attempt to look into the Wood’s lamp.

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Chlorhexidine‐Associated Transient Hyperchloremia in an Infant

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The eye and ultraviolet radiation

TL;DR: The latest investigations show that the ultraviolet radiations are more dangerous for the eye than appreciated up to now and therefore the implantation of the lens for retaining the UV with 400 nm wavelength is necessary.