Hand hygiene means to keep one’s hands clean by washing hands (with soap and water), or disinfecting them with an antiseptic agent, using antiseptic handwash, antiseptic hand rub or surgical hand antisepsis to remove dirt, soil, and microorganism. Browse Full Research Report: http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/hand-hygiene-agents-market.html

1. Hand Hygiene Agents Market - Global
Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth,
Trends and Forecast 2016 - 2024
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Hand hygiene means to keep one’s hands clean by washing
hands (with soap and water), or disinfecting them with an
antiseptic agent, using antiseptic handwash, antiseptic hand rub
or surgical hand antisepsis to remove dirt, soil, and
microorganism. Antiseptics has been recognized for more than
150 years as the single cost-effective and most prominent means
of preventing hospital-acquired infection, as well as for reducing
the spread of potential and deadly germs and hence risk of
infections from the germs in the society which may lead to
hospitalization. It is admissible in all expanse such as
workplace, home, and schools. However, the importance of hand
hygiene is very high in hospitals or other healthcare related
setups.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), World
health organization (WHO) and other leading healthcare

2. organizations has given the specific guidelines and indications
for hand hygiene in healthcare. The CDC has estimated that
hand hygiene reduces the number around 31% of people getting
sick with diarrhea, 58% with weakened immune systems and 16-
18% of respiratory illness like cold in the general population.
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Increase widespread of hand hygiene products will prevent
infections and promote the patient's safety. There are different
types of hand hygiene methods which include routine hand
wash, antiseptic hand wash, antiseptic hand rub and surgical
antisepsis. Preventing sickness by maintaining hand hygiene will
reduce the antibiotics overuse and can also prevent people from
getting sick with the germs which are resistant to antibiotics
which can be difficult to treat.
The healthcare-acquired infections (HCAI) prevention and
control need is driving the hand hygiene market. While the
outbreaks of several infectious diseases like a spread of diarrheal
and respiratory illness in many countries offering positive
growth for the market. Government initiatives are also
contributing to the growth of this market by launching various
awareness campaigns and programs such as SAR Hand Hygiene

3. Campaign and SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands annual global
campaign by WHO, which was focused on patient safety and
reducing health care-associated infection.
The Hand Hygiene Agent Market has been segmented on the
basis of types of antiseptic agents used for washing hands in
different expanses from household to heathcare sector and based
on geographical regions. By types of antiseptic agents, the
market has been divided into alcohols, chlorhexidine gluconate,
iodine and iodophors, and quaternary ammonium compounds.
An alcohol-based hand rub must contain at least 60% -95%
alcohol for use in a healthcare settings for optimum results. The
concentration of chlorhexidine in antiseptic hand wash should be
at least 4%, while the maximum number of iodophor
preparations in hand hygiene contain 7.5%–10% povidone-
iodine.
The quaternary ammonium compounds have a slow speed of
action and used only in combination with alcohols. Due to the
efficiency and the ease of using the alcohol-based hand rubs it is
expected to become most popular. The alcohol based antiseptics
contributing for the major share in this market, followed by
Chlorhexidine and iodine based antiseptics. The rate of
healthcare-associated infections was lowered when adherence to
recommended hand hygiene practices were improved and
antiseptic hand washing was implemented.

4. On the basis of geographies, the market has been segmented into
North America, Europe, Asia-pacific, Latin America, and
Middle East & Africa. Because of the high awareness towards
hygiene, standard guideline, and proper training to the
healthcare professional and general public, North America
contributes for the highest share in this market. The Adoption of
hand hygiene compliance monitoring (HHCM) devices in
hospitals place Europe at the second position. Followed by Asia-
Pacific and Rest of the world.
The key players operating in the hand hygiene agents market are
EcoHydra Technologies Ltd, GOJO Industries, Inc., Kutol
Products Company, Inc., Deb Group, 3M Co., STERIS
Corporation, Win-Medicare etc., are among other significant
players worldwide. On the other hand, Kimberly-Clark Meritech
are major companies in hygiene monitoring systems.
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