It is generally accepted that hand hygiene with alcohol-based hand disinfectants is the most effective measure for preventing healthcare-associated infections...

Medical devices like endoscopes or transvaginal ultrasonic probes come into direct contact with mucous membranes or pathologically altered skin and, thus, are classified as “semi-critical”. Studies have shown that the prevalence of contaminated transvaginal...

The bacterium Clostridioides difficile is the most frequent pathogen of nosocomial diarrhoeal diseases worldwide and is also increasingly found in the outpatient sector...