Tork Disinfectants & Sanitisers

Keep your bathrooms, kitchens, and communal workplace areas clean and hygienic with Tork disinfectants and sanitisers. Tork disinfectants and sanitisers are both used to remove bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens from appliances or hard surfaces. High-traffic areas can contain a lot of bacteria, so using a disinfectant or sanitiser for through surface wiping is crucial for maintaining hygienic workplaces and equipment. Tork strive to help keep your facilities cleaning and maintenance up to optimum hygiene standards.

What are the differences between a disinfectant and sanitiser?

The key difference between a disinfectant and a sanitiser is the purpose and the potency, which is important to know to ensure that you choose the appropriate product.

Disinfectants are strong chemical substances, which can kill and destroy a wide range of bacteria and pathogens on surfaces. For settings like hospitals and laboratories, where deterring the spread of infectious viruses is paramount, then a disinfectant would be the suitable and reliable option. To effectively destroy the pathogens on the surfaces or appliances, disinfectants often require a specific contact time to do so. Once the contact time has taken place, some disinfectants may require rinsing or wiping down, particularly in food preparation environments.

Sanitisers are also chemical substances but, generally, they are less potent than disinfectants. Sanitisers reduce the number of bacteria on a surface, bringing it to a safe level. Although sanitisers may not destroy bacteria completely, they do help to prevent the spread of viruses by reducing the total number of bacteria and germs. Unlike disinfectants, sanitisers work quickly and almost immediately.

How do disinfectants and sanitisers work?

Disinfectants and sanitisers contain active chemical ingredients that interfere with the microorganisms, essentially destroying them. By applying high concentrates of disinfectant chemicals to surfaces, this effectively denatures the proteins and metabolic processes within the microorganisms, resulting in cell death.

Applications

• Residential or workplace kitchens, appliances, and bathrooms
• Office desks and equipment (like desktops, laptops, keyboards, mice)
• Schools and education for communal bathrooms, worktops, and appliances
• Hospital appliances and desks
• Food preparation worktops