In 2016, nearly 59 million operations and medical procedures were conducted in German hospitals. According to a representative analysis, surgical...
Independent specialist for hygiene and environmental medicine Prof Dr Günter Kampf advises hospitals, physicians’ practices, producers of medical products and...
Every year, 400,000 to 600,000 infections occur in German hospitals. Axel Kramer (specialist for hygiene and environmental medicine), Tina Leeb...
The impact of SSI includes significant morbidity and mortality, which lead directly to increasing healthcare costs. The incidence of SSI...
We are all having the fortune of getting older – life expectancy has doubled between 1950 and 2017. But with...
Contaminated surgical instruments, deficits in the Central Sterile Supply Department (CSSD) or errors in the cleaning, disinfection or in the...
Every medical procedure is accompanied by a risk of infection. With a share of approximately 22 per cent, SSI are...
Jürgen Gebel is microbiologist and works at the Institute of Hygiene and Public Health. He is also the Executive Director...
Since the beginning of time, people have been burdened by wounds. Today there is still much to discover in this...
Do you know how often contact occurs during the care and treatment of patients? Researchers have found out that, on...
