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American Safe Sight Foundation

Prevention of Blindness
& Eye Disease

The American Safe Sight Foundation's (ASF) mission is to promote public awareness and strive for eradication of preventable infectious and inflammatory eye diseases through research and education.

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Safer Eye Examinations

Our focus (goal) is to optimize practice guidelines which enhance safer eye examination for children and adults in professional eye care setting and limit outbreaks of office based eye infections.

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What is EKC?

Epidemic Keratoconjuctivitis or (EKC), is a common viral eye infection caused adenovirus. The infection is directed mainly to the front surface of the eye called the cornea. This infection can cause long term eye damage, and is often hard to contain.

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