| abstract |
IT REFERS TO A METHOD FOR INHIBITING THE GROWTH OF CLADOSPORIUM IN AN AQUEOUS OPHTHALMIC SOLUTION CONTAINING: i) A CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE SUCH AS HYDROXYPROPYLMETILCELLULOSE; AND, ii) A SOURCE OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE SELECTED FROM: HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, SODIUM PERBORATE, SODIUM PEROXIDE AND UREA PEROXIDE. SAID METHOD INCLUDES: 1) PROVIDE AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION, INCLUDING (i) AND (ii) WHERE THE SOLUTION WILL SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF CLADOSPORIUM; 2) MIX AN EFFECTIVE QUANTITY OF AN ALKALINE EARTH METAL SALT WITH THE ABOVE SOLUTION, WHICH ALSO CONTAINS HYDROGEN PEROXIDE STABILIZERS SUCH AS 1-HYDROXYETHYLIDENE-1,1-DIPHOSPHONIC COMBINATION SALT; AND, 3) ADJUST THE pH OF THE SOLUTION CONTAINING ALKALINE METAL EARTH BETWEEN 5.5, AND 8 |