Wipes for Professional Use

Right for any specialization, the versatile regenerated
cellulose continuous-filament nonwoven.

At the time of this initiative, the clean rooms for electronics parts were using wipes made of textile waste or paper, or medical cotton gauze. Compared to these wipes, Bemcot™ wipes are made from Bemliese™ and have superior low-lint properties. This aspect was prominently featured and led to immediate sales expansion. Semiconductors are produced in clean room environments that cannot tolerate lint, making the use of wipes from textile waste or paper problematic. At that point, Bemcot™ nonwoven wipes with the ability to limit dust/lint contamination were introduced, and has continued to grow in step with the advancement of the top semiconductor manufacturers in Japan as well as international market.

Endoscopes are precision instruments that are in contact with mucous membranes. Despite that, at the time of this product’s development there were no unified protocols for the post-use cleaning of endoscopes and each medical institution applied their individually developed cleaning protocols. Endoscope manufacturers recommended the use of dedicated fully automatic cleaning equipment, but with over an hour required to clean just one endoscope, medical institutions predominantly adopted their own simplified methods. As a result, the surface of the scope was simply wiped down with alcohol before the next examination, recycled gauze or cotton towels were used, multiple scopes were being wiped with the same sheet, and instead of cleaning after each use, the scopes were mass cleaned after examination hours had finished. The need to enlighten the endoscopy community with the superiority of endoscope wipes made with Bemliese™ used in conjunction with the appropriate cleaning methods was clear. We conducted nationwide infection management lectures with endoscopists to demonstrate proper cleaning of their equipment.

Because Bemliese™ has high absorbency and minimal fiber loss and absorbs the cleaning fluid well, no lint is left behind, and thus is an ideal material for an endoscope cleaning cloth. The interior of the endoscope is hollow, so that if material with a high lint content is applied, the lint residue accumulates during wiping. The lint residue is organic, becoming a nutrient source for bacteria and viruses and creating a breeding environment for them. Moreover, this could lead to malfunctions of the costly instruments.