Clinell Universal Wipes Packet 200

Clinell Universal Wipes are one-step disinfectant wipes used across UK and Australian hospitals, clinics and dental surgeries for daily infection control. The proprietary biocidal formula kills 99.999% of pathogens - bacteria, enveloped and non-enveloped viruses, fungi, spores and tubercle bacilli - within 1 minute of contact. The 200-wipe pack is sized for clinical and high-use settings.

Why choose Clinell Universal Wipes

The phrase that matters is one-step. Most disinfectants require the surface to be cleaned first and disinfected second, because organic soil blocks the biocide. Clinell Universal Wipes clean and disinfect in a single pass with no pre-clean required, which halves the work and removes the step people skip when they are busy. In a clinic that is the difference between a protocol followed and a protocol abandoned.

The kill claim is unusually broad, and the breadth is what makes it "universal". It covers bacteria including MRSA, E. coli, Salmonella, Pseudomonas, VRE and ESBL; viruses including coronaviruses, influenza, norovirus, rotavirus, HIV and hepatitis B and C; fungi including Candida albicans; spores including Clostridium difficile; and mycobacteria including Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Non-enveloped viruses and C. difficile spores are the hard cases most wipes do not claim.

The 1-minute contact time is the instruction that decides whether any of the above happens. The surface has to remain visibly wet for the full minute - wiping and drying immediately delivers cleaning but not disinfection. It is the single most common mistake made with disinfectant wipes anywhere, and it is worth training explicitly.

Key features

• One-step clean and disinfect - no pre-clean required
• Kills 99.999% of pathogens within 1 minute
• Effective against MRSA, VRE, ESBL, E. coli, Salmonella, Pseudomonas
• Effective against coronaviruses, influenza, norovirus, rotavirus, HIV, hepatitis B and C
• Effective against Candida albicans and Clostridium difficile spores
• Effective against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Used across UK and Australian hospitals and clinics
• 200-wipe pack for clinical and high-use settings

Specifications

Common uses

Hospitals, GP and specialist clinics, dental surgeries, aged care, allied health rooms and childcare - anywhere surfaces and equipment need routine decontamination between patients. For skin rather than surfaces, 70% isopropyl alcohol swabs are the single-use site prep, and chlorhexidine 0.5% in alcohol 70% is the clinical skin antiseptic. See the full Clinell range and our cleaning wipes, gauze and swabs.