How Often Do Clinics Restock Ultrasonic Cleaning Solution?
Most Canadian clinics restock every eight to fourteen weeks, and the interval falls out of two numbers: how often the bath is changed, and how much concentrate one change takes. A 4 L bottle of the CliniEco Medical Ultrasonic Cleaning Solution — Enzyme, 4L Concentrate supports roughly 66 fills of a 6 L tank at 10 mL per litre, which is a quarter of a year of daily use.
What Drives Consumption?
Three variables: tank volume, dosing rate, and bath changes per week. Tank volume is fixed by the machine; dosing rate is fixed by the label; the only number a clinic controls is how often the bath is changed, and that is where most overspend sits.
| Clinic profile | Baths per week | Concentrate per week | 4 L bottle lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| One chair, one bath a day | 5 | 300 mL | about 13 weeks |
| Two chairs, one shared bath | 5–6 | 300–360 mL | about 11–13 weeks |
| Three chairs, two baths a day | 10 | 600 mL | about 6–7 weeks |
| Multi-suite clinic | 15 | 900 mL | about 4–5 weeks |
| Lab bench, 10 L tank daily | 5 | 500 mL | about 8 weeks |
Why Do Some Clinics Run Out Early?
Because the bath is changed on a schedule that does not match the work. A clinic that changes the bath twice a day but doses for a 6 L tank burns through the concentrate twice as fast as the table suggests. The opposite failure is just as common: a bath kept for a week because it "looks clean", which is a cleaning failure dressed up as a saving.
How Do You Set a Reorder Point?
Count bottles on the shelf, not baths on the calendar. When the open bottle is the last one, place the order. That single rule covers holidays, staff turnover and the week when everyone forgets to check the shelf.
What Else Runs Out With It?
The consumables that go with the bath. Staff dosing concentrate should wear a 6 mil heavy-duty nitrile glove, and the basket gets handled more than the solution does, so a second basket is worth holding. Baths that run long days on a 6 L dual-frequency benchtop ultrasonic cleaner heat more and evaporate more, which is the one case where the table above runs short.
Should You Stock a Case or a Bottle?
A case, for any clinic running five or more baths a week. Concentrate is a small share of the reprocessing budget and a large share of the freight bill, so the delivered cost per litre drops once the order moves off single-bottle shipping. A single-chair clinic that changes one bath a day can stay on single bottles and reorder quarterly without risk.
Running a dental practice? See our dental practice cleaning and sterilization supplies for baths, baskets and dosing equipment. Bulk lines sit in the B2B wholesale collection.
Ordering for a clinic, lab or care home? Wholesale and multi-site ordering covers case pricing and account setup. Reselling? become a distributor.
References
- Public Health Ontario — Reprocessing (checked 18 October 2026)
Printable companion: the compliance log sheets include a bath-change field, so dosing and change dates match the cleaning record.
Setting a reorder point? The clinic supply planner converts your bath count into monthly concentrate volume.
Not sure how this applies to your own setup? Ask a sterilization compliance specialist — you’ll get a written answer specific to your equipment and province, with the regulation or standard cited.
Related Reading
- Ultrasonic Cleaner Solution: How Often to Change the Bath
- Ultrasonic Cleaning Concentrates: Dilution Ratios for Clinics
- Ordering Ultrasonic Cleaning Solution in Bulk in Canada: Dosage and Storage
Frequently Asked Questions
How often should a clinic reorder ultrasonic cleaning solution?
Work from consumption, not the calendar: a single bath a day on a 6 L tank at 10 mL per litre uses 300 mL of concentrate a week, so a 4 L bottle lasts about 13 weeks and the reorder point is one bottle left.
Does the bath get changed daily?
The bath is changed when it is visibly soiled, when the day's work is finished, or per the solution maker's stated bath life, whichever comes first; a bath that is kept for several days is the usual cause of poor cleaning.
Should I buy one bottle or a case?
A case if the clinic runs five baths a week or more, because freight on a single bottle is a large share of the delivered cost and concentrate has a shelf life long enough to justify holding a case.
Does concentrate expire?
It has a shelf life, and it degrades faster in a warm utility room than on a shelf; keep it closed, out of direct sun, and rotate stock so the oldest bottle is used first.
Last updated: October 2026. CliniEco Medical is a licensed medical device establishment (MDEL #35334).
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