Pathogens can be transmitted accidentally between patients or healthcare workers, however, surfaces are a reservoir for pathogens, too, and contribute to spreading of nosocomial infections. Therefore, comprehensive environmental...

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) pose a substantial challenge for modern medicine. Approximately 5 % of all patients in German hospitals acquire a HAI...

About 3.8 million people across Europe contract a nosocomial infection during a hospital stay every year [1]. Although the majority of these infections are due to endogenous causes such as the body's own microbial flora...