A decontamination system (2) suitable for cleaning and disinfecting a medical instrument (26) such as an endoscope the system comprising: (I) a plurality of pre clean wipes for wiping an instrument to be decontaminated each pre clean wipe comprising a moist fabric member in its own sealed container (4) (II)a two part disinfectant system comprising: (a)a first part comprising a first reagent in a carrier medium and (b)a second part which is miscible with the first part and which comprises a second reagent in a carrier medium wherein the first reagent and the second reagent will react when mixed to provide a disinfecting composition the first part being contained in a dispenser (6) whereby it will be dispensed as a fluid when the dispenser is actuated and the second part being absorbed or impregnated in a plurality of disinfecting wipes (30) each of which comprises a fabric member (30) in its own sealed container (8) and (III) a plurality of rinse wipes each rinse wipe comprising a moist sterile fabric member in its own sealed container(10) characterised in that each pre clean wipe container (4) is provided with a machine readable Pre Clean Wipe data carrier (36) which includes data specific to the pre clean wipe the dispenser (6) is provided with a machine readable Dispenser data carrier (58) which includes data specific to the first part each disinfecting wipe container (8) is provided with a machine readable Disinfecting Wipe data carrier (44) which includes data specific to the disinfecting wipe (30) and each rinse wipe container (10) is provided with a machine readable Rinse Wipe data carrier (50) which includes data specific to the rinse wipe.
