This is the second episode in the BCLA CLEAR podcast series. While severe complications with contact lenses are rare, the majority can be systematically identified, managed and prevented in practice. The paper on contact lens complications is part of the BCLA Contact Lens Evidence-based Academic Reports (CLEAR) – a global consensus report put together by the BCLA. This report summarises the best available evidence for the classification, epidemiology, pathophysiology and management of contact lens complications. Complications are considered from an aetiological perspective to help practitioners to determine the most appropriate management strategy and key signs and symptoms underlying major groups of complications are described to support the decision- making process.

Professor Stapleton is interviewed by Dr Melissa Barnett, who leads the BCLA CLEAR podcast series. Dr. Barnett is a principal optometrist at the University of California, Davis Eye Center in Sacramento and Davis, California. She is an internationally recognized key opinion leader, specializing in dry eye disease and specialty contact lenses. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, a Fellow of the British Contact Lens Association and serves on multiple Boards. Dr. Barnett is Past President of The Scleral Lens Education Society.

BCLA CLEAR is an initiative that has drawn together thousands of research papers on many different aspects of contact lenses into one place. The findings were published in, Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, the BCLA's scientific journal, in April 2021 under ten reports. BCLA CLEAR was facilitated by the BCLA, with financial support by way of Educational Grants for collaboration, publication and dissemination provided by Alcon and CooperVision.