Tristel Plc announced that is has now received a licence from the Health Department of the People's Republic of China to import and sell the Tristel Wipes System. The Tristel Wipes System is a practical and highly effective way to decontaminate and disinfect non-lumened medical devices. The system achieves high-level disinfection in less than two minutes.

It comprises three individual wipes that perform the functions of cleaning the device, disinfecting the device and then rinsing it to remove any chemical residues before use on the next patient. It also incorporates a traceability process to provide the user with an audit trail. The Wipes System has been protected by patent in China since July 2011.

The Wipes System decontaminates flexible endoscopes used for ear, nose and throat investigations; intra-cavity ultrasound probes used in urology, obstetrics and gynaecology; instrumentation used in IVF clinics; ultrasound probes that image the heart in cardiology, and in ophthalmology.