ZEISS Lens Cleaning Solutions

Surfaces such as spectacle and sunglass lenses and digital display screens are frequently touched and can accumulate a lot of dirt and grime. Customers are searching for safe and effective hygiene routines for lenses and digital devices.

You may also come across customers who complain about foggy lenses, especially since wearing a mask in public has become the norm.

The ZEISS range of cleaning solutions includes specialised, easy-to-use cleaning wipes to effectively clean and remove germs, dirt and impurities from these high-touch items we call lenses. ZEISS pre-moistened lens wipes have been specifically developed for the gentle and effective cleaning of glass and plastic lenses, and are particularly effective for high-quality, coated precision lenses.

Washing your hands is a proven practice to ensure good hygiene, and help prevent the spread of harmful germs, but it is not the only sensible protective measure that we should take. Cleaning items that you touch regularly, such as spectacles and digital devices, should also be part of our daily hygiene routines.
In 2018 a study was performed by Hochschule Furtwangen University in Germany to investigate the bacterial levels on spectacles and analyse the efficacy of four different cleaning methods to reduce microbial loads. The cleaning methods tested were moist alcohol and alcohol-free lens cleaning wipes, dry tissue, and dry microfabric cloth.

The results of the study were:

• All spectacles are contaminated with bacteria including potentially pathogenic ones and therefore should be considered as objects which could carry infection.
• Of the four methods tested, moist lens cleaning wipes showed the most germ reduction at ≥99% (means reduction).
• Cleaning with dry tissues and microfabric cloths showed lower levels of bacteria reduction.

Evidently, wet cleaning with a moist lens cleaning wipe is more effective than simple mechanical cleaning with dry tissues and cloths.