Based on the survey on 1,000 hospitals in 33 countries, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) estimates that that on any given day, one in 18 patients in a European hospital has healthcare-associated infection (HAIs). Most the countries (26 out of 33) reported the major three types of HAIs: pneumonia and lower respiratory tract infection, surgical site infection and urinary tract infection.
The estimated number of patients in UK acquiring HAIs is approx. 300,000 a year, according to a report by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). It costs the NHS approximately £1 billion a year, and £56 million of this is estimated to be incurred after patients are discharged from hospital. NHS has now adopted no-tolerance policy towards spread of HAIs.
MarketsandMarkets is organizing 5th Annual Infection Control, Sterilization and Decontamination in Healthcare Virtual Conference, scheduled for 25th & 26th March 2021, aiming at providing platform to experts from hospitals, academia, and government institutions discussing the innovations, challenges, and future aspects of infection control, decontamination, and sterilization.
Authorised Engineer (Decontamination),
Senior Consultant Medical Microbiologist, Chair of Infection Prevention and Control, Hazm Mebaireek and Al-Wakra Hospitals,Hamad Medical Corporation
Research Associate, Department of Innovation Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool
Commercial Director & acting General Manager, Getinge UK & Ireland
Sr. Product Manager Therapeutic Imaging Platforms , Boston Scientific
Chair in Gynaecology , Imperial College London
Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director of the Training Program in Viruses and Cancer , Penn State College of Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Specialist Registrar , Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital
Independent Nurse Consultant, Covid Vaccination Programme , Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Senior adviser , Førde Medical Trust, Norway
Independent Theatre Practitioner, UK
Authorised Engineer (Decontamination),
Decontamination Consultant, IDSc National Chair, Institute of Decontamination Sciences (IDSc)
Chair, Dental Science, The University of Dublin
Deputy Operations Director (Decontamination), Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Infection Prevention Nurse, Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Director, Aseptium
Senior Consultant Medical Microbiologist, Chair of Infection Prevention and Control, Hazm Mebaireek and Al-Wakra Hospitals,Hamad Medical Corporation
Head of Decontamination Services, NHS Wales
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