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Mission: Infection Prevention

Recent events have brought into sharp focus how essential effective protection against infection is — especially in clinics and professional healthcare environments. With the Mission: Infection Prevention initiative, HARTMANN brings together all the possibilities, experience and expertise that the company can offer its customers in the prevention of infections.

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As a responsibility of the HARTMANN GROUP, our new initiative intends to improve infection prevention in the medical and care sector. Learn more about Mission: Infection Prevention, what we’ve already achieved and how to contribute.

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Infection Prevention in the Times of Covid-19

Prof. Dr. Andreas F. Widmer talks about Infection control and shares some learnings

Clean Hospitals for the World

Clean Hospitals for the World.

A Collaborative, non-profit Initiative that defines Global Health Care Hygiene Standards for Professionals and the general Public.

Heroes – not Fools – rush in where Angels fear to tread

Photographer Jo Müller captures the dramatic Battle taking Place right now in Hospitals all over the World

eHealth, Emojis, and Empathy

The best possible Hygiene Quality results from the optimal Interaction of Technology and Empathy.

Case Study

Infection from peripheral venous catheterisation can threaten healing process

Preventing Infection from peripheral venous Catheterisation

A study dedicated to eliminating infection

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prevenIRAS: HAI (healthcare-associated infections) prevention in Spain

The ”Heidenheim Way“

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How Prevention Strategists at the Clinic in Heidenheim found their own Way to prevent Infections

Can good Design prevent Infections in the Hospital?

KARMIN hospital room

In Germany, the poignant new Research Project KARMIN (the acronym stands for Hospital Architecture, Microbiome and Infections in the Hospital) is setting a new Standard for Hospital Rooms designed to prevent Infections.

Infection Prevention at Eye Level

Woman in a tunic sits at the table and looks into a tablet

New open access publication on practical recommendations for cleaning and disinfection in the healthcare sector.

Virtual Assistance for personal Teams — My Hygiene SOP

How to use digital Assistance to save Lives. More and more Healthcare Professionals are using Apps to improve their Hygiene Compliance — are you?

Join us in the Fight against Infections

Hand disinfection with Sterillium®

Get to know HARTMANN’s Mission: Infection Prevention (M:IP) Programme to reduce HAIs

Digital Helpers in Hospitals

Hospital staff disinfects hands at a dispenser

A Step towards better Compliance? Mission: Infection Prevention and Thomas Kant in the Discourse on digital Compliance.

What does Hand Hygiene at the Point of Care mean?

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May 5th is International Hand Hygiene Day. This Year's Campaign is SECONDS SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands.

Study on Hygiene Awareness in Germany

Germans are conscientious about hand hygiene and wearing masks in daily life with COVID-19.

Purposeful protection against infection: Hygiene awareness and hand disinfection in everyday life with Corona

Mission: Infection Prevention

We stand for prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)

With Mission: Infection Prevention, HARTMANN stands for the fight against healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Find out how our 5-phase action plan can standardise essential procedures for patient safety.

A glimpse into the future: How HARTMANN improves healthcare with digital solutions

Three doctors are looking at a tablet

How can we ensure better patient care and make the healthcare sector more efficient? Since 2020, the Digital Business team at HARTMANN has been dedicated to these questions. In this interview, Chief Digital Officer Lüder Sachse gives an insight into the work of the Digital Business team.

On the frontline against CAUTI

An interview with urology nurse Jeannette Verkerk provides solutions for combating the high rates of UTIs in hospital settings. She explains how health care professionals can significantly minimize the spread of infection.

Vascular access management – for fewer infections

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The urgency of preventing infections linked to vascular access is real. But infections are preventable! Read how best practices, optimized products, and training can significantly reduce infection rates.

The Mission: Infection Prevention Podcast

On World Patient Safety Day 2021, the first episode of the Mission: Infection Prevention podcast series is about patient safety.

Infection Prevention Heroes: Robert Koch

Drawing: Robert Koch in his laboratory

Robert Koch is widely known for the discovery of the tuberculosis pathogen. But his contribution to infection prevention is far greater.

The M: IP® Index 2021

The M: IP® Index 2021

Survey on the status quo of infection prevention in German hospitals.

PART 2: Eradicating HAIs – the challenge ahead

Medical staff walking away in a bright hospital hallway

In the second part of our interview Professor Assadian elaborates on the increase of antibiotic resistance and the different possibilities healthcare institutions are offered with in their fight against infections.

Eradicating HAIs – the challenge ahead

Doctors in personal protective equipment walking down a hospital hallway

In an interview with HARTMANN professor Ojan Assadian reflects on the current state of fighting HAIs and the challenges ahead.

Hand disinfection or gloves?

Hospital staff wearing medical gloves stand in semicircle and stack hands

What are the standard procedures for the two measures and in which situations can they contribute to infection prevention together?