Cleanroom Bags: What Are They and What Are They Used for?

Cleanroom bags are used in a variety of industries—from medicine to aerospace and academia to automobiles. The bags are designed to keep whatever it ships or stores free from contaminants.

What They Are Made Of

Cleanroom bags are made from a variety of materials, including:

• Nylon and anti-static nylon
• Polyethylene
• Aclar
• FEP/PTFE
• Anti-static

The bags developed by Pristine Clean Bags are manufactured from virgin, non-animal origin, and surfactant-free materials, in a controlled environment.

How Clean Are They?

Cleanroom bags are not clean in the way most people think of the word. It is not just that they are free of contamination—cleanroom bags are free from any foreign substance at the particulate level.

One way to measure a particulate is by microns, a unit so small that, for example, 25 microns equals one-thousandth of one inch. For perspective, one human hair is approximately 40 microns in diameter. Cleanroom packaging developers work to create products with as few particulates as possible, on the micron level. That makes for a very clean bag.

Medical Use

In medicine, cleanroom bags are used to store sensitive devices that need to be protected by the strictest health guidelines. Catheters and other tools that must remain in pristine condition before they are used can be held in cleanroom bags, where they are free from contamination until someone takes them out.

Cleanroom Bags in Other Industries

Cleanroom bags are found in industries as varied as academia and aeronautics. They are needed in any world where people are handling equipment that could be compromised by even the smallest contaminant.

When working with car and airplane parts, cleanroom bags are needed to protect dust particulates from interfering with the machine’s efficacy. In academic settings, much like in medical ones, cleanroom bags protect tools from outside contaminants that could compromise scientific studies.

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