Description

With increase in patient population and reduction in hospital budgets, optimization and cost efficiency are the buzzwords in the hospital sector. As most of the innovative products are made of varying materials, they require varied sterilization standards. Sterilization is considered to be a non-core activity by the clinical community. The real demand is to improve sterilization standards to reduce risk of infection, at reduced costs. Hence, there is a higher preference for outsourcing than improving in-house functioning. This deliverable provides insights into the real need in hospitals for sterilization services and the various trends supporting the need for sterilization services in hospitals in Western Europe.