Infection Control (Disinfection & Sterilization) Global Market

Forecast to 2022

Infection Control Global Market estimated to be worth $22,582 million by 2022

IQ4I Research & Consultancy published a new report on Infection Control Global
Market Forecast To 2022 This report analyzes and studies the overall market, major
drivers & Opportunities, Restraints & Threats in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and
Rest of the World
IQ4Is Report Contains 186 market data tables and 47 figures spread through 454
pages and an exhaustive TOC on Infection Control Global Market [PRODUCTS
(Disinfection (Disinfectors, Endoscope
Reprocessors, Disinfectants, Personal
Protective Equipments); Sterilization [By Method (Heat Sterilization, Low-Temperature
Sterilization, Filtration Sterilization, Radiation Sterilization; By Services (In-House
Sterilization and Contract Sterilization] END-USERS (Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology,
Hospitals, Research Laboratories & Others); REGION (North America, Europe, AsiaPacific and Rest of the World)]
This report analyzes the Infection Control global market in terms of market revenue ($
million) for all segments and it enables Infection Control stakeholders such as disinfection &
sterilization manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers, contract manufacturers, nursing
centers & ambulatory services, academics & research institutes to identify and analyze
market expansion opportunities, upcoming technologies and competition in infection control
global market.

Infection control is generally addressed to policies and procedures followed to minimize the
threat of acquiring as well as spreading infections, especially in hospitals and human
healthcare facilities or settings. Healthcare associated infection (HCAI) also known as
nosocomial infection is the most common complications of hospital care infections acquired
as result of medical and surgical interventions or from being in contact with healthcare
personnel or services. Healthcare-acquired infections continue to be a major safety concern
for both health care providers and the patients, thus prevention and control of healthcareassociated infections remains a priority. The main purpose of infection control is to reduce
the occurrence of infectious diseases via sterilization and disinfection technologies which are
the essential components. High cleaning standards like hand hygiene, donning and doffing
of personal protective equipments and use of sterilized medical devices in hospitals and
clinics has triggered the growth of the medical sterilization and disinfection market which inturn minimise the risk of acquiring HCAIs. As estimated by IQ4I Research, Infection Control
global market is expected to grow at a single digit CAGR to reach $22,582 million by 2022.

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Increase in aging population, rising occurrence of hospital acquired infections, increase in

number of surgeries performed, proper maintenance of hygiene among hospital staff and
increasing awareness among people are the factors driving the market growth. However,
factors such as stringent regulations, economic downturn & saturation of market in
developed countries and expensive ethylene oxide and gamma sterilization services are
hampering the market growth.
The infection control market is mainly segmented into products, end-users and geography.
Based on products the market is segmented into disinfection and sterilization. The
disinfection market is further classified into disinfectors, endoscope reprocessors,
disinfectants and personal protective equipments. Endoscope reprocessor is expected to be
the fastest growing segment with a single digit CAGR for the forecast period. The
sterilization market is divided into by method and by services. Sterilization method includes
heat sterilization, low temperature sterilization, filtration sterilization and radiation
sterilization. Sterilization by services can be of in-house and contract sterilization. Among
sterilization services, methods segment generated largest revenue in 2015.

The infection control global market by geography is divided into North America, Europe,
Asia-Pacific and Rest of the World (RoW). North America commanded the largest market
share in 2015 due to high investments in healthcare infrastructures and demand for quality
services are contributing for growth and is also projected to occupy largest market share.
However, Asia-pacific region is expected to grow at the single digit highest CAGR during the
forecast period due to, increased healthcare awareness, improved economic growth and
increasing healthcare funding by the governments.

Companies such as Ansell Limited, Cantel Medical, Halyard Health, Hartmann, Sterigenics
International Inc and Steris Corporation with large number of product offering, approval,
acquisition and agreements are ahead of other companies and are considered to be leaders
in the market. Xenex one of the major player in the rapidly emerging fields of robot UV
disinfectors offers the Full Spectrum UV Germ-Zapping Robots also known as UV-C, this notouch technology is highly energetic, extremely fast, portable and effective system in
reducing microbial load. This instrument is developed and designed for allowing proven and
systematic disinfection of any space within a healthcare facility via four primary mechanisms
of cellular damage to prevent cell replication by photo-hydration, photo-splitting, photodimerization and photo crosslinking.
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Major players in infection control market include, 3M Company (U.S.), Advanced Sterilization
Products (U.S.), Ansell Limited (Australia), Belimed (Switzerland), Cantel Medical (U.S.),
Getinge Group (Sweden), Halyard Health (U.S.), Hartmann Group (Germany), Sterigenics
International Inc., (U.S.) and Steris Corporation (U.S.).
Reasons for buying this report:

Analysis of the Infection Control global market by identifying various segments by

products, end-users and geography.

Revenue forecast of the Infection Control market and strategic analysis of each
submarket with respect to segmental growth trends.

Analysis of the major market trends and factors driving or inhibiting the growth of the
infection control global market.

Revenue forecast of the infection control market with respect to North America,
Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Rest of the World (RoW) regions.

Analysis of the opportunities for stakeholders by identifying the high-growth

segments of the market.

Patent and Porters five force analysis of infection control market.

Market share analysis of key players in infection control, details of their product
offerings, revenues, business strategies and SWOTs

Established and Emerging players (134 companies) and their product offerings.

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FIGURE 1
INFECTION CONTROL (DISINFECTION & STERILIZATION) GLOBAL
MARKET SEGMENTATION

Global Infection Control Market

By Products

By End-users

By Geography

Disinfection

Sterilization

Pharmaceuticals

North America

Disinfectors

By Method

Biotechnology

Europe

Endoscope Reprocessors

Heat Sterilization

Hospitals

Asia Pacific

Disinfectants

Low temperature
Sterilization

Research
laboratories

Rest of the World

Personal Protective
Equipments

Filtration Sterilization

Others

Radiation Sterilization
By Services
In-House Sterilization

Contract Sterilization

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