Medical & Scientific Packaging
PB Group is a trusted UK manufacturer and supplier of medical and scientific packaging solutions, delivering certified containment and transit products for laboratories, NHS trusts, chemists, and healthcare facilities nationwide. Our technical product line ranges from UN3373-compliant Category B diagnostic sample envelopes and NHS-grade clinical waste bags to high-security tamper-evident bags and biohazard disposal sacks. BRCGS-accredited and made from high-performance recycled and virgin polymers, PB Group provides compliant, sterile, leak-proof medical packaging engineered to safeguard specimens, protect healthcare workers, and meet strict Department of Health and UN transport standards.
Our Products
Biohazard
These translucent bags offer a reliable solution for the disposal of various items, including used pipettes, Petri dishes, culture plates, membrane filters, and more. With their distinct print design indicating biohazardous materials, these bags ensure proper handling and disposal.
Clinical Waste
Our yellow clinical waste bags are for the disposal of infectious waste containing chemicals or pharmaceutical medicines. They have been specifically designed and tested to stringent standards set by UN, the UK Department of Health, and the NHS.
Resealable Specimen
With their airtight seals, these bags ensure optimal protection, maintaining the integrity of the contents while allowing for easy re-opening when needed. They also feature an integral pocket, providing ample room to securely hold accompanying documents or record cards.
Document Transportation
These versatile bags provide the ideal combination of security and convenience, ensuring that your items remain protected and intact during transit. Whether you need to safeguard important documents, delicate items, or cherished possessions.
Tamper Evident
High-security tamper-evident bags are available for when the contents of each individual bag needs to be identified. The bags each feature their own unique sequential tracking code and a tear-off receipt to provide a full audit trail of bag movement.
Aprons
Our versatile range of disposable, single-use aprons offer protection when working in close contact with patients, materials, or equipment that may pose a risk of clothing contamination.
Resealable Bags
These bags are an ideal choice for laboratories, hospitals, and chemists, offering a user-friendly solution for various needs. With their easy-to-use resealable feature, you can effortlessly open and close the bags, ensuring the utmost protection and containment of contents.
Peel & Seal Specimen
Peel and permanent seal bags are to provide the utmost protection and integrity for your items during transit, these bags offer a reliable solution for safeguarding important documents.
UN3373 Transportation
We have a selection of flexible envelopes and boxes – pre-printed with the UN3373 diamond logo. These items fully comply with Royal Mail guidelines for prohibited and restricted items. For the safe and secure way of transporting biological substances category B, UN3373 / P650.
FAQs – Everything that you need to know
Yes. PB Group is an approved direct supplier and procurement partner to NHS Trusts, private healthcare hospital networks, pathology laboratories, contract research organisations (CROs), and commercial diagnostic labs. We accommodate standard NHS purchase orders, call-off procurement contracts, and scheduled framework deliveries.
We supply specialised secondary flexible packaging and courier-ready outer mailers compliant with Packing Instruction P650 for UN3373 Category B Biological Substances. These bags and envelopes feature certified leak-proof seals, high-visibility UN3373 diamond identification labelling, and the required regulatory warnings to ensure safe, legally compliant transport via Royal Mail, courier networks, and internal hospital porterage.
Our specimen transfer bags are available with either reclosable zip-lock closures or permanent tamper-evident adhesive strips. Crucially, they include an integral external document kangaroo pouch that keeps laboratory requisition forms, patient notes, and hazard sheets completely isolated from the primary sample compartment to eliminate contamination risks.
Our medical tamper-evident security bags feature advanced tamper-indicating security tape that reveals an unmistakable visual void message if exposed to heat, cold, liquid, or mechanical peeling. To ensure an unbroken chain of custody, each bag is manufactured with unique sequential numbering, scannable barcodes, and perforated tear-off audit receipts for courier and lab verification.
We supply heavy-duty UN-approved clinical waste sacks and biohazard bags conforming to UK Department of Health colour-coding standards. This includes UN-certified yellow sacks for clinical waste subject to high-temperature incineration, orange sacks for alternative treatment, and specialist autoclave-compatible biohazard disposal bags engineered to resist tearing from sharp plastic lab consumables like pipettes and petri dishes.
Our primary medical and scientific range is purpose-built for secure diagnostic sample transit, patient transfer, chain-of-custody tracking, and clinical waste disposal, not cleanroom barrier sterilisation. While manufactured in clean, controlled production environments with virgin medical-grade polymers, they are non-sterile and not intended as primary surgical barrier packaging.
We support urgent healthcare supply chains with flexible delivery tiers:
- Standard stock lines (clinical sacks, specimen bags, aprons): Available for next-day delivery across the UK when ordered by standard cut-off times.
- Bespoke barcoding and digital print: From 3 working days for sequentially numbered tracking batches.
- UK bespoke extrusion and converting: Typically 3 weeks for custom film gauges, non-standard dimensions, and bespoke print runs.
- Global volume contracts: Up to 3 months for scheduled international container orders.
PB Group disposable aprons are manufactured from fluid-impervious, lightweight polyethene designed to provide a protective barrier against cross-contamination and fluid splashes. They feature halter necks, waist ties, and smooth tear-off dispenser perforations, making them standard equipment for hospital wards, dentistry, laboratory testing, and palliative care environments.
Yes. We offer bespoke manufacturing across our medical packaging portfolio. Customisations include bespoke bag dimensions, custom micron thicknesses, printed department names, barcoded tracking series, specialised multi-compartment layouts, and pre-printed multi-language safety warnings to align with your hospital or pathology workflow.
