Key Role of Hand Hygiene in Infection Control to Spur Wider Adoption, Says Frost & Sullivan

Key Role of Hand Hygiene in Infection Control to Spur Wider Adoption, Says Frost & Sullivan PR Newswire LONDON, June 14, 2012 - Manufacturers Need to Integrate Compliance Monitoring Technologies with Hand Hygiene Market to Maximise Growth Opportunities LONDON, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- After the booming sales of hand hygiene products in 2008–2009, volume sales plummeted in 2009–2010, before gradually recovering. The hand hygiene market has expanded to include hand hygiene compliance monitoring technologies that, while still at a nascent stage, offer promising growth opportunities for companies in the infection control industry. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.medicaldevices.frost.com), Hand Hygiene Champions the Cause of Infection Control, finds that the Western European hand hygiene market earned revenue of $271.3 million in 2010 and estimates this to reach $446.9 million in 2017. "Outbreaks such as enterohaemorrhagic e. coli (EHEC) continue to highlight the importance of hand hygiene in containing infectious diseases," notes Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst Beulah Devadason. "The threat of mutated viral strains and increasing anti-microbial resistant infections has underlined the need for infection control." The WHO regards hand hygiene as an essential tool for the prevention of nosocomial infections. Improved compliance in hand hygiene, with the proper use of alcohol-based hand rubs, can reduce nosocomial infection rates by approximately 40 per cent.