# US 2006/0233868 A1 · Disinfectant Delivery System and Method of Providing Alcohol Free Disinfection > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2006/0233868 A1 - Document ID: US20060233868A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 11/426,611 - Filed: 2006-06-27 - Published: 2006-10-19 - Earliest claimed: 2003-05-12 - Assignees: Sage Products, LLC - Inventors: Thomas Keaty, Jr.; Barbara Skiba; Paul Hanifl - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20060233868A1 ## CPC - A61M 35/006: {using sponges, foams, absorbent pads or swabs as spreading means} - A61L 2/18: Liquid substances - A61L 2/232: layered or coated - A61P 31/00: Antiinfectives, i.e. antibiotics, antiseptics, chemotherapeutics - A61P 41/00: Drugs used in surgical methods, e.g. surgery adjuvants for preventing adhesion or for vitreum substitution - B65D 83/0805: {through an aperture in a wall} - A61L 2103/05: Living organisms or biological materials - B65D 81/3897: {formed of different materials, e.g. laminated or foam filling between walls} - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - A61L: METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agents employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes A61K) - A61P: SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES ## Abstract A disinfectant delivery system and method of providing alcohol-free disinfection to a body to be disinfected, as well as a method of infection reduction by preparation of a patient before an invasive procedure. A blended cloth comprising first fibers and second fibers is provided with the first fibers generally being greater in quantity by weight than the second fibers. A disinfectant solution impregnates the blended cloth, with the disinfectant solution having chlorhexidine gluconate as an active ingredient and having no alcohol. In the method according to the invention, at least one impregnated blended cloth is used to disinfect at least a portion of a body. A plurality of blended cloths can be provided for disinfecting discrete portions of the body. When an invasive procedure is to be performed on a patient, a further method according to the invention of infection reduction comprises using a CHG-impregnated cloth to disinfect at least a portion of the patient at least one day prior to the invasive procedure proximate the location of the invasive procedure. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of infection reduction by preparation of a patient before an invasive procedure, comprising a. providing a blended cloth comprising a fibrous mat impregnated with a disinfecting solution having chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) as an active ingredient and having no alcohol, and b. using the impregnated cloth to disinfect at least a portion of the patient up to several days prior to the invasive procedure proximate the location of the invasive procedure, and c. releasing substantially all of the CHG from the fibrous mat during step b. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, in which method step “a” comprises providing a blended cloth comprising first fibers and second fibers, with the quantity by weight of said first fibers generally being greater than the quantity by weight of said second fibers, said blended cloth having an absorbency by weight greater than the weight of said blended cloth. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, in which step “a” comprises providing a plurality of said blended cloths in a package, and step “b” comprises using each cloth to disinfect a discrete portion of the patient. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1 including the further step of using the disinfecting solution a further time immediately prior to the invasive procedure. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1 in which said cloth consists of polyester fibers. ### Claim 6 A method of infection reduction by preparation of a patient before an invasive procedure, comprising a. providing a blended cloth comprising a fibrous mat composed of polyester fibers impregnated with a disinfecting solution having chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) as an active ingredient and having no alcohol, and b. using the impregnated cloth to disinfect at least a portion of the patient at least one day prior to, and up to several days prior to, the invasive procedure proximate the location of the invasive procedure. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, in which method step “a” comprises providing a blended cloth comprising first fibers and second fibers, with the quantity by weight of said first fibers generally being greater than the quantity by weight of said second fibers, said blended cloth having an absorbency by weight greater than the weight of said blended cloth. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, in which step “a” comprises providing a plurality of said blended cloths in a package, and step “b” comprises using each cloth to disinfect a discrete portion of the patient. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, in which step “b” includes releasing substantially of the CHG from the fibrous mat. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6 including the further step of using the disinfecting solution a further time immediately prior to the invasive procedure. ### Claim 11 A method of infection reduction by preparation of a patient before an invasive procedure, comprising a. providing a first blended cloth comprising a fibrous mat impregnated with a first disinfecting solution having chlorohexidine gluconate (CHG) as an active ingredient and having no alcohol, and b. using the first impregnated cloth to disinfect at least a portion of the patient at least one day prior to, and up to several days prior to, the invasive procedure proximate the invasive procedure, c. providing a second blended cloth comprising a fibrous mat impregnated with a second disinfecting solution having chlorohexidine gluconate (CHG) as an active ingredient and having no alcohol, and d. using the second impregnated cloth to disinfect at least a portion of the patient immediately prior to the invasive procedure proximate the invasive procedure, wherein the first blended cloth comprises first fibers and second fibers, with the quantity by weight of said first fibers generally being greater than the quantity by weight of the second fibers, said first blended cloth having an absorbency by weight greater than the weight of said first blended cloth, and wherein the second blended cloth comprises first fibers and second fibers, with the quantity by weight of said first fibers generally being greater than the quantity by weight of the second fibers, said second blended cloth having an absorbency by weight greater than the weight of said second blended cloth. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, in which the first fibers of the first blended cloth comprise polyester fibers. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, in which the second fibers of the first blended cloth comprise polyester fibers. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, in which the first fibers of the second blended cloth comprise polyester fibers. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, in which the second fibers of the second blended cloth comprise polyester fibers. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein substantially all of the CHG in the first disinfecting solution is released from the first blended cloth during the method step “b”. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein substantially all of the CHG in the second disinfecting solution is released from the second blended cloth during the method step “d”.