Hygiene in hospitals is an indispensable part of ensuring patient safety. Preventing infection is more important today than ever before. Not only as a result of the increasing numbers of nosocomial infections, but also due to the increasing threats posed by antibiotic-resistant germs.

Did you know that, according to current forecasts, more than 39 million people worldwide could possibly die from antibiotic-resistant infections by the year 2050? As early as 2022, this figure amounted to all of 10 million – a figure that was even higher than the number of deaths due to cancer. These developments make it clear why hospital hygiene and infection prevention are of global importance today.

The core components of hospital hygiene have been known for years and they form the basis for successful and sustainable infection prevention. In order to provide for a comprehensive strategy, hospitals have to ensure that all of the required elements are in place:

• Hand hygiene – one of the simplest and most important measures in order to prevent the transmission of germs.
• Surface disinfection – clean surfaces and a hygienically impeccable working space and patient environment also help to interrupt chains of infection.
• Disposable water filter on the tap – Point-of-Use water filters ensure maximum safety when using water and prevent the spread of waterborne pathogens, such as legionella or pseudomonas, directly at the point of use.

While you take control of hand hygiene and surface disinfection, we help you minimize the risks associated with water-bearing systems with our disposable water filters.

Include filtration solutions in your strategy for efficient and sustainable infection prevention and thus close any risky safety gaps. This simple and effective method can be one of the essential key factors in an around hygiene concept.

In combination with the measures you take when it comes to hand hygiene and surface disinfection, you create a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors.

By the way, you can find our animations on the topic of "Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention" on our YouTube Medical Playlist.

• i3 ONE & i3 TWO
  • CE-marked medical devices with the purpose of preventing infection
  • FDA approval with 510(k) as a Class II medical device
• Effective protection against retrograde contamination and high, stable flow rates throughout the entire period of use
• Bacteria retention in accordance with ASTM F838 and biocompatibility in accordance with ISO 10993-1
• For further quality features, please refer to
  • the individual product pages for the i3 ONE and i3 TWO

Legionella are just one of many bacteria that pose a potential risk in hospitals. They are well known to everyone and often underestimated. According to an estimate by the Robert Koch Institute, 97% of legionella infections are not identified as such. Would you have imagined that the number of unreported cases could be so high? Find out more with just one click.

In order to prevent it from spreading, it is essential to act quickly when contamination has been detected. But what measures actually need to be taken? Are there specific deadlines that have to be met? We tell you about all of this in the second part of our Legionella animation. You also learn why Legionella do so incredibly well in water-bearing systems.

Our disposable water filters ensure the safe use of water when it is drawn from a tap, while showering, and also in the form of inline filters in ENT and dental units, as well as during hygienic treatment in endoscopy.

With our second generation of our disposable water filters, we set new standards in infection prevention, help to ensure patient safety and make challenging everyday clinical practice safer. Recommended by more and more leading institutions – put your trust in our expertise and products in order to minimize the risk of contamination.

In combination with your hand hygiene and surface disinfection measures, you can create a comprehensive protection strategy to efficiently and sustainably counteract the transmission of pathogens.