Hand
hygiene is the act of keeping one\'s hands clean with water,
soap, or other related substance to remove soil, dirt and
microorganisms. There are high importance of hand hygiene for health
of individual and community. It is relevant in all establishments
such as home, workplace and schools however the significance of hand
hygiene is far above the ground in hospitals or other healthcare
related setup. Hand washing helps to prevent many airborne diseases
such as measles, influenza, tuberculosis and chickenpox. At the same
time high protection against diseases transmitted through fecal-oral
route and direct physical contact can be ensured by it. Hand hygiene
in any setup includes different products such as soap and detergents,
hand antiseptic and antiseptic rubs by various techniques similar to
washing, rubbing and drying.
All the leading
healthcare related organizations such as World Health Organization
(WHO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have stated
specific guidelines for hand hygiene with specific attention on
healthcare set ups considering the burden of health care-associated
infections all across the world. According to CDC, in the United
States alone, patients in hospitals gets 722,000 infections each
year, which can be reiterated as one in every 25 patients gets
infected with some kind of infection in hospital. The infections
acquired in hospitals sometime can cause severe complications; hand
hygiene is one of the important tools to prevent these conditions.
Tufts Medical Center, the prestigious medical center in United States
estimates that approximately USD 4.5 billion extra cost is added
every year because of hospital acquired infection in U. S. alone.
The requirement to
prevent and manage healthcare acquired infections (HCAI) affecting
millions of people every year in the world is driving the hand
hygiene market all across the globe. On the other hand, major
outbreaks of various infectious diseases in many countries serving
towards the positive growth for market. However, potential for hand
hygiene market fluctuates across the regions and geographies. Poor
awareness, lack of education, and training on hand hygiene, along
with lack of standard procedure for hand hygiene in many countries
hindering the growth prospects of the market.
Hand hygiene market
can be segmented according to different categories such as regional
geography and types of products used for washing hands in different
establishments. Geographically, this market can be segmented in four
regions namely North American, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of the
World, out of all these segments North America region have highest
contribution in terms of value because of high awareness towards
hygiene, standard guidelines and training to healthcare workers and
general public.
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Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of the World respectively are major
segments of the market. This market can also be segmented according
to types of products used such as hand wash, soaps, detergents,
antiseptic wipes, rubs and others. Recently hand hygiene compliance
monitoring systems are introduced in the market where institutions
using these kinds of devices have claimed that number of infection
cases have drastically reduced.
Currently various
established companies in hospital and healthcare based business
catering varied range of products such as hand wash, surgical
sanitizers, antiseptic soaps and other hand hygienic products in this
market out of which companies such as Kutol, Whiteley Corporation,
Deb Group, GOJO Industries, Inc., Medline Industries, Inc., EcoHydra
are leading contributors, on the other hand Meritech and
Kimberly-Clark are major companies in hygiene monitoring systems.
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