Hi, guys. 
I’ve been looking for Ariel Hygiene powder. I ordered some but was today given a refund because it is out of stock.
I have looked on allsorts of UK websites to find it, but I can only find suppliers to schools, which I know from experience, and trying on here, do not supply to the general public.
Do any of you know if perhaps this detergents is no longer available, or if there is somewhere in the UK that I could order it online of via telephone?
For those of you who don’t know what Ariel Hygiene is, it’s a detergent that is meant to kill bacteria at 40°C. I know it’s possible to kill bacteria with a standard detergent on my Miele’s 75°C Cottons programme, but not all of the items can be washed at that temperature of course.
If Ariel Hygiene is not longer readily available in the UK, could anyone suggest an alternative way of dealing with bacteria? To be blunt, we have an elderly relative whose washing we do. She has carers, but we deal with the washing. We have all the NHS (National Health Service – the British state free public health system) guidelines here for dealing with washing that is soiled with foul matter (blood, urine, fasces, etc.) She does not make a terrible mess, bless her, although she has had some horrible ‘accidents’ that Mum and Dad have had to clear up for her at a moment’s notice. All of these items are washed alone of course, as per the NHS instructions, but we do need to add some form of antibacterial/antiseptic action according to the NHS. However, the only NHS suggestion is adding hypochlorite bleach, which it points out may not suit all items. It also suggests adding it to the final rinse, which can’t be right because the clothes will be soaked in them and not rinsed out!
I know a good soaking with a powerful biological powder with a heavy soiling measure should do the trick in terms of removing all matter by surfactant and biological action alone, but we do need to add some form of antibacterial/antiseptic action as well. These items are, after all, only washable at 40°C.
Don’t panic, folks – our machine is cleaned out afterwards anyway until we can get something that will work.
Any ideas? Would it work if we added some form of laundry bleach or disinfectant to the wash? Don’t laundry bleaches if present in the detergent and also added separately cancel each other out, or am I talking nonsense? hehe ;-) Trouble is, some of her clothes probably won’t take strong bleach, although they should be OK with laundry bleach. However, laundry bleach is not antiseptic, is it? A prewash has to be done for this sort of load, as per the NHS.
Sorry if this is a bit uncomfortable, but it’s a fact of life for many. :-(
Many thanks.
Regards,
Carl
I’ve been looking for Ariel Hygiene powder. I ordered some but was today given a refund because it is out of stock.
I have looked on allsorts of UK websites to find it, but I can only find suppliers to schools, which I know from experience, and trying on here, do not supply to the general public.
Do any of you know if perhaps this detergents is no longer available, or if there is somewhere in the UK that I could order it online of via telephone?
For those of you who don’t know what Ariel Hygiene is, it’s a detergent that is meant to kill bacteria at 40°C. I know it’s possible to kill bacteria with a standard detergent on my Miele’s 75°C Cottons programme, but not all of the items can be washed at that temperature of course.
If Ariel Hygiene is not longer readily available in the UK, could anyone suggest an alternative way of dealing with bacteria? To be blunt, we have an elderly relative whose washing we do. She has carers, but we deal with the washing. We have all the NHS (National Health Service – the British state free public health system) guidelines here for dealing with washing that is soiled with foul matter (blood, urine, fasces, etc.) She does not make a terrible mess, bless her, although she has had some horrible ‘accidents’ that Mum and Dad have had to clear up for her at a moment’s notice. All of these items are washed alone of course, as per the NHS instructions, but we do need to add some form of antibacterial/antiseptic action according to the NHS. However, the only NHS suggestion is adding hypochlorite bleach, which it points out may not suit all items. It also suggests adding it to the final rinse, which can’t be right because the clothes will be soaked in them and not rinsed out!
I know a good soaking with a powerful biological powder with a heavy soiling measure should do the trick in terms of removing all matter by surfactant and biological action alone, but we do need to add some form of antibacterial/antiseptic action as well. These items are, after all, only washable at 40°C.
Don’t panic, folks – our machine is cleaned out afterwards anyway until we can get something that will work.
Any ideas? Would it work if we added some form of laundry bleach or disinfectant to the wash? Don’t laundry bleaches if present in the detergent and also added separately cancel each other out, or am I talking nonsense? hehe ;-) Trouble is, some of her clothes probably won’t take strong bleach, although they should be OK with laundry bleach. However, laundry bleach is not antiseptic, is it? A prewash has to be done for this sort of load, as per the NHS.
Sorry if this is a bit uncomfortable, but it’s a fact of life for many. :-(
Many thanks.
Regards,
Carl
