How to use eye drops?
Eye drops are best applied with the head well back, or when lying down. The forefinger of one hand is used to gently pull down on the lower eyelid, creating a small gap into which a drop can be made to fall from the bottle held in the other hand. Only one drop is required to be instilled into the eye. It is important that the top of the bottle (or dropper) should not touch the eye, or the lashes, lids, face or fingers. The person instilling eye drops should wash their hands before and after use of eye drops. Once opened, the drops should be kept in a cool place (such as in the door of the fridge) and thrown away when they expire (usually one month later). It is not safe to use eye drops that have been open for longer than the recommended time. Eye drops should never be shared with another person.
