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Medicated pads and wipes serve two purposes: they provide a gentler cleansing action than dry toilet paper for people suffering from hemorrhoids and they help treat hemorrhoids.

Hemorrhoid pads and wipes are infused with the same active ingredients found in hemorrhoid creams, gels and ointments.

Herbal extracts such as the ones from witch hazel and aloe vera are commonly used in these pads and wipes.

To provide adequate lubrication and ease the strain of bowel movement, most hemorrhoid pads and wipes are common cosmetic ingredients such as parabens, glycerin and alcohol.

Hemorrhoid pads and wipes clean the anal canal ensuring that the hemorrhoid surface is uninfected.

They also help reduce the swelling, irritation and pain associated with piles. However, because they are not remedies directly applied to hemorrhoids, medicated pads and wipes should be combined with other hemorrhoid remedies to provide faster relief.

Therefore, hemorrhoid pads and wipes are primarily personal hygiene products designed to be comfortably used and serve as substitutes for dry, toilet papers.

The antiseptic, astringent, anesthetic and anti-inflammatory ingredients added to them are meant to provide additional benefits. Often these ingredients are not supplied in sufficient amounts to fully treat hemorrhoids.

Hemorrhoid pads and wipes are cheap and disposable. Most of them can simply be disposed off like regular toilet paper. These hemorrhoid products can be bought at any health store.

Since these wipes don’t contain any harsh chemical ingredients, they’re safe to use just about anywhere, and on almost any surface. They’re great on glass, stainless steel, tile, linoleum, porcelain, and more.

Keep a jar of homemade wipes in the kitchen for disinfecting countertops and wiping up spills. Use them to clean the stovetop, sink, microwave, floors, faucets, and refrigerator messes.

A jar of wipes should always have a home in the bathroom. They’re great for wiping down sinks, mirrors, toilets, floors, shower doors, and shining faucets.

So use up the rest of those expensive cleaning wipes you have under your sink, and replace them with a new, effective DIY version!

You will need:

• wide-mouth quart-size mason jar with lid (or other 4 – 6 cup capacity container with tightly-fitting lid)
• 15-20 pieces of pre-cut cloth (we use cotton t-shirts cut into 10-inch x 10-inch squares)

• Ingredients:

  • ¾ cup filtered water (find water purification systems here)
  • ¾ cup white distilled vinegar (find white vinegar here)
  • 15 drops lemon essential oil (find 100% pure essential oils here)
  • 8 drops lavender essential oil
  • 4 drops bergamot essential oil

  Directions:

  Combine your liquid ingredients in the mason jar or other container of your choice. (Glass is best because essential oils will react with plastic .) Swirl or stir to combine. Add pre-cut cloths to jar and press down firmly to soak up liquid. Secure lid and tip jar upside down if needed to further moisten wipes.

  Store wipes in a cool dark cupboard to preserve the properties of the essential oils.

• To use:

  Wring excess liquid from cloths before using. After using, rinse cloth out with clean water and use to wipe surface again if necessary. Wipes can be machine washed after using and returned to the container to be used again.

The average person spends over $70 on disposable cleaning wipes every year – packaged in wasteful plastic and eventually tossed in the trash. I prefer reusable over disposable, and can easily make wipes with old t-shirts or rags that I already have. (The word FREE is music to my ears.)

Besides being expensive, commercial cleaning wipes usually rely on harsh chemical ingredients, like bleach, to disinfect. While bleach definitely kills germs, it has some well documented harmful side effects that have been known for decades.

How about a homemade cleaning wipe that will disinfect with natural ingredients like white vinegar and antibacterial essential oils? Want wipes that can be washed and re-used? How about a wipe that can be made with the material of your choice, in the size you prefer for wiping up messes? Guess what? It’s time to DIY.

Homemade cleaning wipes are an absolute cinch to make, and will become your go-to cleaning helper around the house. Our recipe for citrusy vinegar wipes will leave surfaces shining, save you money, and won’t pose a health risk to your family. Feel free to use the essential oils in the recipe.

Spills and messes will happen — never on a schedule — and no matter how hard cleaning staffs try, they won’t always be available to clean up. To tackle these problem incidents between regular cleanings, many facilities are supplying antibacterial wipes to non-custodial staff members. This is the case at Cedar Community, a not-for-profit, continuum-of-care provider based in West Bend, Wis. Nancy Metternich, environmental services manager at Cedar Community, oversees a staff of 31 who handle the laundry and all the cleaning of a 229-bed, 248,000-square-foot health care center, plus 155 apartments at two assisted living centers. “The staff has a lot of rooms to get through in a day,” says Metternich. “So unless they are called upon for a specific reason, or a room is on precaution, they will clean and disinfect each area once daily.” This once-a-day cleaning includes patient rooms, nursing stations and medical equipment. But, as most environmental service workers in the healthcare setting know, cleaning must continue throughout the day in order to reduce the potential for cross-contamination or the spread of infections. To aid in interim cleaning, Cedar Community provides pre-moistened antibacterial wipes to the nursing staff. Between cleanings by the environmental services staff, nurses are asked to step in and lend a helping hand. For small spills, after using medical equipment or to disinfect their own working area, nurses are encouraged to wipe surfaces down throughout the day. These antibacterial wipes are ideal for use by non-custodial workers. They can be used on a variety of surfaces, are portable, properly diluted with the right chemicals, and easy to use. Nurses simply pull out a wipe, disinfect a surface and let it air dry. Supplying Antibacterial Wipes The Cedar Community nursing staff has been using cleaning/disinfecting wipes successfully on site for almost five years. The antibacterial wipes, which are located throughout the facility, have helped reduce cross-contamination by offering superior cleaning with fast kill times. “Wipe canisters can be found on computer carts, in offices and in two or three spots on the nurses station,” says Metternich. The location of the antibacterial wipes will often dictate which type is supplied. For instance, wipes found on computer carts are safe for use on the monitor screen. These antibacterial wipes do not contain bleach, which can cloud electronic displays found on computer monitors, phones and fax machines. Antibacterial wipes located at the nurses’ station are designed to clean and disinfect the hard surfaces throughout the area. Because patients, visitors, doctors and nurses visit these areas frequently, the staff is encouraged to wipe surfaces multiple times throughout the day. “The nurses are encouraged to use the non-bleach wipes on all the hard surfaces after a shift change, if someone is not feeling well, or they just think it needs to be wiped down,” says Metternich. “There are also bleach wipes available if they have a patient with C. diff or an infection where bleach is necessary. In these situations, they are encouraged to wipe down even more frequently.” When working around critical-care patients, nurses and other clinical staff should use hospital-grade wet wipes as a means of infection control to wipe down surfaces and equipment after every patient examination. This will prevent cross-contamination between other areas of the facility. Training The Staff There are a variety of wet wipes on the market and it is important to understand the differences so they can be used correctly. This is something the nurses at Cedar Community learned the hard way when they mistakenly used bleach wipes on a readout screen and in doing so, damaged the equipment. Now, all the nurses are trained from the start on which wipes should be used where, and why they are important. According to Metternich, all the nurses go through training on how and when to use the wipes during their very first in-service education. That training continues at orientation and then the staff receives training reminders multiple times a year. “Constant reinforcement of infection prevention is everyone’s responsibility,” says Metternich. “The ongoing training stresses that. It protects everyone.” This training has resulted in the proper and ongoing use of wipes by the nurses and has contributed to Cedar Community’s low infection and cross-contamination rates — statistics that are closely monitored by Wisconsin state health officials. To keep contamination rates down, nurses are trained to use the wipes to disinfect medical equipment after every use. This includes blood pressure cuffs, equipment used to test for diabetes, and other instruments that can transfer infections from one area of the facility to another. They are also educated on the kill claims associated with each of the wipes they use. This is essential, says Metternich, as state survey officials can stop any employee at any time and ask about the chemical they are currently using. “All departments have had to beef up their training on kill claims for specific products that the department might use,” she says. “This includes the nursing staff and their use of wipes.” Although Metternich and her staff favor microfiber cleaning cloths and spray chemicals when servicing the facilities, they do support the use of wet wipes for interim cleaning. “If you see a spill, it is everyone’s responsibility to wipe it up,” she says. “It is a slip-and-fall problem or an infection control issue. If it’s small enough to wipe with wipes, do it. If it is larger and we need equipment to clean it up, call us immediately and we can help. Infection prevention and safety are very important to us.”

Here at Procotech, we’re firm believers that doing what’s right by the planet as a whole is just as important as looking after the interests of our customers. That’s why we’ve worked long and hard to create a range of exceptionally eco-friendly biodegradable wet wipes for use in a wide variety of settings. These include specialised formulations for home care, beauty, babies, medical professionals and many more – all of which have been designed to be 100% biodegradable and minimise the impact we have on the environment.

The Benefits of Biodegradable Wipes

Each year across the UK alone, tens of millions of wet wipes are flushed or thrown away without being given a second thought. Unfortunately, as the overwhelming majority are not in fact biodegradable, thousands of tons of additional waste gets added to the country’s already overflowing landfill-sites.

The key benefit of our biodegradable wipes is therefore pretty straightforward – an eco-friendly alternative that doesn’t take nearly such a toll on the environment. As the products are able to decompose naturally in a short time, they’re of little to no burden at all to the planet’s natural environment.

In addition, our eco-friendly range is no less affordable than any other standard wipes, so it doesn’t cost you any more to make sure you’re doing your part for the environment. What’s more, having eliminated the need for synthetic ingredients across our natural wet wipes range, our products are absolutely ideal for use on sensitive skin, with elderly patients or even new-born babies. Suitable for all skin types and wonderfully simple to use, our range of natural products lets you give something back to the planet without compromising on quality for yourself, your family or your patients.

When a mother becomes a parent for the first time, one of the items that she is either quick to purchase or someone is quick to purchase for her is alcohol free hand sanitizing wipes. After all, as a mother you know how important it is for people to wash their hands before interacting with your baby.

Furthermore, most new mothers are also pretty meticulous about keeping the things around their new baby as clean as possible and sanitizer wipes are an easy way to accomplish that. However, the unfortunate truth is that not only do a lot of mothers not know that alcohol free hand sanitizing wipes are out there, but they do not know how dangerous hand sanitizing wipes with alcohol can be for their baby and their children.

Alcohol Free Hand Sanitizing Wipes beat the competition?

The reason why alcohol free hand sanitizing wipes were created is so you can still kill bacteria and germs, while still protecting your children, without worrying about what chemicals you are exposing them to.

Did you know that most hand sanitizers and sanitizing wipes contain between 60 and 90 percent isopropyl alcohol or ethyl? Unfortunately, those statistics actually make the wipes and sanitizer even more potent than some of the hardest alcohol beverages. This means that if your child were to lick or suck on the wipes or even suck on his or her fingers afterwards they can potentially become drunk! It just is not safe for hand sanitizer or sanitizing wipes with alcohol to be used on children or on anything around them.

Did you know that because of the high alcohol contents of most hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes that it is extremely flammable? When or if either product containing alcohol is used near a flame it is likely to lead to serious injury or damage. Furthermore, it is not safe to store it in your car or take it on any trips. This is because it needs to be kept away from light sources and heaters. Furthermore, you should never use them to clean your hands before cooking as they can catch on fire. Now do you understand why alcohol free hand sanitizing wipes beat the competition?

Are Alcohol Free Hand Sanitizing Wipes for you?

When you purchase Alcohol free hand sanitizing wipes you never have to worry about how they might affect your child or what kind of damages they might cause. Thanks to them being alcohol free they are never going to hurt your child or risk damaging your house.

 

Are you a nail color addict, who keeps changing her nail paints or love to try attractive nail arts frequently? If yes, then you must have been using regular nail color removers for wiping away your polishes since long? But do you know that most of the commercial nail polish removers contain a harmful chemical called ‘acetone’, which causes several serious risks to our health? Whether you want to avoid acetone-based color removers or are simply running out of one, you have some very cheap, common and risk-free alternatives to it. Check out the easy peasy ways to remove nail color without using a color remover:

1. Dark Nail Color

Surprised? Well, it is true. If you have a nail paint that is darker in shade than the current one, you can make use of it for removing your nail color. Apply the dark nail color to your already colored nails in thick coats and wipe them off with a cotton ball right away. Be as fast as possible so that the color doesn’t get enough time to dry up.

2. Top Nail Coat

A transparent top nail coat comes very handy, when it comes to removing nail color without a remover. The procedure is similar to the previous one. All you need to do is apply a layer of top coat over the old nail paint and wipe it away with a cotton ball before it gets dry. You may have to repeat the procedure, if the old color does not come off easily.

 

3. Perfume

Love to use perfume? Now you have another reason to indulge in it. Regular perfume can help you a lot in removing your nail color. Just dip a cotton ball or swab in a little amount of perfume and rub your painted nails with it. This needs very little pressure and you can get paint-free nails instantly.

4. Body Spray

If you are running out of nail remover, consider your body spray for getting rid of your nail color. Place the bottle of the spray in such a way that its nozzle remains only a couple of centimeters away from your nail. Now, spritz it on the nail and wipe off the nail color by using a cotton ball. Do the same for all other nails.

5. Hair Spray

Just like your body spray, your hair spray can also be a good choice for taking out the old color from your nails. Spritz it on each of your nails and rub gently with a cotton swab. However, hair spray may dry out the nails and cause it to peel. Hence, you should wipe it off the nails as soon as possible.

6. Lemon Juice and Vinegar Mix

Replace your acetone-filled, damaging polish remover with a simple, easy and completely safe home remedy. Take 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice and add 1 tablespoon of white vinegar to it. Blend them well together. Now, dip a cotton ball into this mixture and rub your painted nails with it gently. Spending 10 to 20 seconds for each nail will eliminate all the traces of your old polish efficiently.

 

7. Warm Water and Dry Cloth

This is another natural way to get rid of nail color that you can easily give a shot. Take some warm water in a bowl and put your fingers in it. Once the old polish becomes soft enough (it should not take more than 20 to 25 minutes), take the fingers out of the water and rub the nails gently with the dry piece of cloth. The nail paints will come off effortlessly. However, be careful about the temperature of the water so that you don’t end up burning your skin.

So, are you ready to skip your regular nail color remover the next time? Which one of these methods are you planning to give a try? Do let us know.

 

 

The “L” in LCD stands for “liquid,” and what holds this liquid in is not a glass plate like you remember having on your big, heavy CRT or television. It’s soft plastic, and you’ve got to treat it very delicately.

So, first of all, let’s decide what we don’t use to clean it:

• Anything containing bleach or ammonia, such as Windex. That will react with the plastic and make the plastic screen become cloudy and discolored.
• Anything sharp, pointy or abrasive.

Your easiest choice is one of those LCD cleaning solutions they sell in places where they sell computers. But they’re expensive, and why bother when you can make your own solution for next to nothing?

WHAT WE NEED?

• Distilled water (available at your supermarket; tap water leaves streaks and minerals).
• White vinegar (you may substitute isopropyl alcohol; either way, make sure these substances are diluted before they come near your screen).
• A clean, soft cloth (never use any kind of paper product).
• A spray bottle.

 

DIRECTIONS:

1. In the spray bottle, mix the distilled water and alcohol/vinegar, in a 1:1 ratio.
2. Turn off the LCD display.
3. Spray the mixture onto the cloth, never directly onto the screen.
4. Wipe gently – oh, so gently – from top to bottom. Do it horizontally, too, if you think that leaves a cleaner result.
5. Let the screen dry before turning it back on.

Wet wipes are moist toilettes are best things to carry when you are on move and also at office and home. If you are thinking wet wipes are just for cleaning babies after a diaper change or keeping your hands clean then you are sadly mistaken.Todays busy world has many more uses of wet wipes irrespective of age and gender.

Mothers of the babies found them so useful and started using it for many other purposes like keeping babies hands and face clean and also to clean their hands and keep their face fresh. Men and women started storing them in their cars and used them while traveling to wipe their face for that fresh feeling and also to keep their hands clean before having any eatable on move. Slowly boys at restaurant started offering them to clean and sanitize hands of the guest before and after having food.

They started becoming part of public washrooms to sanitize their hands after visiting rest rooms. They replaced toilet papers for many as they are wet and help cleaning hands and face quickly with much ease. Wet wipes make great substitutes for toilet paper when it not available especially in public washrooms on national highways.

They can be used for wiping office furniture like desks, computers, keyboards and others not only to keep furniture clean but also to kill germs. Manufacturers started realizing multiple uses of wet wipes and started manufacturing various types to suit various needs of the customers like alcohol free wet wipes, wet wipes for sensitive skin, fragrance free and also wet wipes with baby oil and anti bacterial wipes as substitutes in clinics for hand sanitizers.