Disinfecting tissue

Claim 1

A disinfecting tissue comprising an absorbent material having incorporated therein a disinfecting agent where the disinfecting agent is selected from the group consisting of: (a) an organic percarboxylic acid of the formula ##STR4## where R 1 , R 2 and R 3 independently are hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, fluorine, nitro, cyano, trifluoromethyl, carboxy, methoxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, straight or branched alkyl having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, phenyl, methoxy, ethoxy, acetyloxy, acetyl or hydroxysulfonyl, provided that at least one of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 is not hydrogen, or R 2 and R 3 , when attached to adjacent ring carbon atoms, form together with the adjacent ring carbon atoms an aromatic ring; (b) a mixture comprising an agent capable of generating hydrogen peroxide in water; and a compound selected from the group consisting of an organic carboxylic acid anhydride, and an acyloxy acid of the formula ##STR5## where R 4 is lower-alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by a substituent selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, lower-alkoxy, lower-alkanoyloxy, carboxy and halo; or R 4 is phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by a substituent selected from the group consisting of lower-alkyl, lower-alkoxy, hydroxy and halo; and R 5 is carboxy or hydroxysulfonyl, and water-soluble salts of the acyloxy-acid; and (c) a carboxylic acid amide of the formula ##STR6## where R 6 , R 7 and R 8 independently are hydrogen, lower-alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aryl-lower-alkyl, or R 6 and R 7 together with the carbonyl and nitrogen respectively to which they are attached form a lactam having from 4 to 8 ring atoms; and mixtures of two or all three of (a), (b) and (c); wherein the tissue is comprised of two layers of the absorbent material which are joined to form a multiplicity of pockets, the disinfecting agent being disposed in the pockets.