Vileda Professional in healthcare and care homes: cloths, colour coding and PPE
Updated on 2026-09-16
In a healthcare facility the cloth is a procedural device, not an accessory: the colour says which area it may enter, the fibre decides how much it retains, the replacement cycle sets how often it must be changed. This guide explains how to organise a Vileda kit for a care home or a ward.
Why colour coding comes first
Colour coding exists to prevent a cloth used in a washroom ending up on a bedside table. The most widespread convention assigns red to washrooms, yellow to sanitary surfaces and washbasins, green to kitchens and pantries, blue to common areas and furnishings.
The convention is not imposed by a single standard: it must be written into the facility's protocol and made recognisable, because it only works if everyone applies it the same way. This is why the cloths in the catalogue exist in the same models in four colours.
The range in the catalogue
In the Dipres catalogue the Vileda Professional range counts 125 items with a complete record: 101 pieces of equipment — cloths, mops, mop systems, trolleys — and 21 between gloves and protective devices. It is a range oriented to manual cleaning, which in a care home takes up most of the daily work.
Recurring families are microfibre cloths for surfaces, the MicroTuff line for cleaning that demands more resistance, mop systems for floors, and latex and nitrile gloves in sizes S to XL. Several items carry Ecolabel certification, which matters in tenders with environmental criteria.
Microfibre, wash cycles and real cost
A microfibre cloth costs more than a traditional one but can be washed and reused. The cost that matters is not the cloth's but the cost per use: price divided by the number of wash cycles it withstands before losing performance.
Washing must be done without fabric softener, which closes the fibres and cancels the ability to retain dirt. It is the most common mistake, and it makes a cloth look faulty when it has simply been washed badly.
Gloves: when latex and when nitrile
Latex offers sensitivity and grip and suits operations requiring dexterity. Nitrile resists oils and some chemicals better and carries no latex allergy risk, which in healthcare is a frequent reason for choosing it.
For cleaning with concentrated chemicals a work glove is needed, not a disposable examination glove: thickness and cuff length are the difference. The technical data sheet reports the categories and the tests passed.
Frequently asked questions
How many colours are really needed?
Four cover almost every facility: washrooms, sanitary surfaces, kitchens, common areas. Adding more complicates the protocol without reducing risk, and a protocol nobody remembers is not applied.
Do microfibre cloths replace disinfectant?
No. Microfibre mechanically removes dirt and part of the microbial load, but disinfection remains a separate step with an authorised product, where the protocol requires it.
How do you size the first supply?
Start from the number of areas to cover and the frequency of interventions, not the number of rooms. In the online quote you can add the models in the colours you need and see the total immediately.