Nonwoven wipe impregnating composition
AssigneeSterling Drug Inc.
InventorDavid Pregozen
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Abstract
An aqueous composition for impregnating a nonwoven wipe having a pH of from 3.5 to 4.5 and containing a preservative system comprising potassium sorbate, citric acid, disodium EDTA and a cationic biocide selected from polyhexamethylene biguanide hydrochloride and poly[oxyethylene(dimethyliminio)ethylene(dimethyliminio)ethylene dichloride]; and a moistened wipe, impregnated with the aqueous composition, useful for cleaning or delivering active ingredients to animate and inanimate surfaces.
Claims14
A moistened wipe for cleaning and delivering a cationic biocide to animate or inonius surfaces comprising a flexible absorbent nonwoven substrate impregnated with an aqueous composition comprising from about 0.02 to about 0.25 weight-percent of potassium sorbate, from about 0.05 to about 0.20 weight-percent of citric acid, from about 0.02 to about 0.20 weight-percent of disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate, from about 0.03 to about 0.24 weight-percent of a cationic biocide selected from the group consisting of (a) polyhexamethylene biguanide hydrochloride and (b) poly[oxyethylene(dimethylimino)ethylene(dimethylimino)ethylene dichloride];
- and the remainder to 100 weight-percent water, wherein the pH of the composition is from about 3.5 to about 4.5.
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