The beginning of the year is the best time to focus on implementing your many good intentions. Many laundries also have a lot on their agenda for the new year. Reliable hygiene, safety, and efficiency are right at the top of the list, especially in a professional environment. Because one thing is clear: only disinfected laundry is hygienically safe laundry—ideally in accordance with VAH or RKI guidelines. This is the only way to permanently meet the highest requirements in healthcare, nursing, and other sensitive areas – for the benefit of patients and all people working in these areas.
DR.SCHNELL supports its customers with a powerful and economical product portfolio for professional laundry disinfection. The 100% in-house produced quality brands in the powder and liquid detergent sector – RAPA and PRIMA – impress not only with their proven effectiveness, but also with their extremely cost-efficient listing values. This means that DR.SCHNELL detergent customers always have the edge when it comes to maximum hygiene safety combined with sustainable cost-effectiveness.
Numerous convincing advantages
The arguments in favor of DR.SCHNELL detergents are obvious:
Professional and innovative products for laundry hygiene – for all areas of application
Outstanding quality – Made in Germany
The largest service team on the market – personal and accessible
IoT dosing technology – remote maintenance control, cost transparency, hygiene safety
First-class complete package – innovative, high-quality products from Germany, top service and the usual high quality from DR.SCHNELL – everything from a single source
RAPA EXTRA: Performance meets safety
A particular highlight in our powder detergent range is RAPA EXTRA: This disinfectant detergent combines outstanding microbiological effectiveness in accordance with VAH/RKI requirements with powerful washing performance—for visibly clean and hygienically safe textiles in just one process.
The advantages of RAPA EXTRA at a glance
Top listing: 4 g/l VAH/RKI listed
NEW: 2.5 g/l VAH listed with pre-wash
Excellent value for money
Subtle fragrance for reduced allergenic potential
PRIMA SYSTEM: Our most powerful system
At the start of 2026, we consistently further developed the liquid PRIMA system in terms of performance and quality. Today, it stands for the highest level of performance and innovation—making it our strongest system. Our PRIMA Performance product, for example, is virtually indispensable for our customers: flexible and highly effective, it can be combined with our peracetic acid or, alternatively, with the peracetic acid-free PRIMA SAN SYSTEM. This ensures reliable disinfection while also providing safer storage and low odor formation. Customers rely on the PRIMA SYSTEM in the following areas: Nursing homes
For disinfecting all textiles
Extensive spectrum of activity (bactericidal / levurocidal / virucidal / sporicidal Cl. Difficiles
Gentle on materials thanks to listing without alkali boosters
Dermatologically tested products
Innovative
Hospitals
For disinfecting cloths and mops
Extensive spectrum of activity (bactericidal / levurocidal / virucidal / sporicidal Cl. Difficiles
Building cleaning
Optimal dirt-carrying capacity thanks to separate complexing agent PRIMA COMP
Less graying
Increased service life of mop covers thanks to efficient complexing of water hardness
Whether powder or liquid detergent: with its professional detergent brands RAPA and PRIMA SYSTEM, DR.SCHNELL is a strong and experienced partner for first-class washing – with the largest service team on the market.