Presaturated Wipes Provide Convenience and Enhanced Effectiveness
Our presaturated wipes are packaged in easy-to-use containers that help eliminate rapid evaporation. We offer various saturation levels, sizes, and materials. Also available are sterile and non-sterile presaturated wipes including 70% IPA options that meet usp797 and usp800 requirements.
Different Types of Presaturated Wipes
Isopropyl Alcohol - The most common of the three popular disinfectants, isopropyl alcohol is inexpensive and offers a rapid and broad bactericidal effect without bacteriostatic action and relevant toxicity issues
Hypochlorite - Offers a fast method of neutralizing activity. It’s not affected by water hardness and has a wide range of bactericidal spectrum with no toxic residues.
Hydrogen peroxide - Presents wide-ranging germicidal action including bacterial spores (with longer contact time). It is relatively environmentally friendly due to its fast degradation. It is very effective even when contact is made with organic matter, without producing residues.
Choosing the Correct Level of IPA
Isopropyl alcohol is often the cleaning solvent of choice in cleanrooms and controlled environments because of its ability to remove a wide range of contamination from interior and exterior surfaces.
Presaturated IPA Wipes come in a variety of saturation levels, ranging from 1% to 99% isopropyl alcohol. The amount used can vary for each unique application. For example, 70% IPA may be suitable for general-purpose wiping of stainless steel, plastic, glass, and other hard surfaces within the cleanroom. According to a pair of reports by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), IPA wipes with a concentration of at least 70% was successful at disinfecting surfaces in controlled environments.
Furthermore, in order to meet usp797 requirements, the USP (United States Pharmacopeial Convention) states that “floors, walls, ceilings, shelving, hard surfaces, contaminated gloves, and supplies removed from shipping cartons are to be wiped with 70% Sterile Isopropyl Alcohol.
Removal of tougher adhesives and residues might require a higher concentration level, such as 90% or more. Additionally, for applications that require fast drying times, higher concentration levels of IPA would be preferred.
