Infection Control Market Is Growing Rapidly With STERIS Plc Completing The Acquisition Of Infection Control Service Provider Cantel Medical Corporation
Infection control and management is the field concerned with preventing health-related infections; a more practical rather than the academic subject matter of epidemiology. Infection prevention and control refers to the practice of preventing healthcare-associated infections. Infection control has become an essential part of the infrastructure healthcare with a wide use of antibiotics, antiseptics, antivirals, and antibacterial. The demand for infection control has risen up significantly over the years with growing burden of chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. As per the World Health Organization (WHO), the global prevalence of diabetes among adults aged 18 years and above increased from 4.7% in 1980 to 8.5% in 2014. According to the same source, in 2018, around 9.6 million deaths were attributed to cancer, of which 2.09 million cases were lung cancer. According to the WHO, around 17.9 million people die of cardiovascular diseases every year. T...