US demand for infection prevention products and services is forecast to rise 4.9 percent annually through 2015. Safety-enhanced medical devices and medical waste disposal supplies will be the fastest growing products, while protective apparel and textiles remain the largest segment. The services sector will be led by medical waste disposal and contract sterilization.

This study analyzes the $16.7 billion US infection prevention industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 2000, 2005 and 2010, and forecasts for 2015 and 2020 by type (e.g., protective apparel and textiles, safety-enhanced devices, sterilization supplies, disinfectants, medical waste disposal products, infection prevention equipment, medical waste disposal services, contract sterilization services) and market (e.g., hospitals, outpatient facilities, physicians’ offices, dental offices, nursing homes, life science).

The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share and profiles 30 industry players, including Becton Dickinson, Cardinal Health and STERIS.

				    TABLE OF CONTENTS

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		INTRODUCTION							      xi

	I.	EXECUTIVE SUMMARY						       1

	II.	MARKET ENVIRONMENT						       4
		General								       4
		Economic Factors						       5
		Demographic Patterns						       9
		Health Care Trends						      12
		   Health Insurance Coverage					      12
		   Medical Conditions						      14
		      Acute Conditions						      15
		      Chronic Conditions					      16
		   National Health Expenditures					      19
		      Spending Categories					      20
		      Funding Sources						      22
		   Medical Providers						      24
		      Hospitals							      27
		      Physicians & Physicians’ Offices				      27
		      Outpatient Facilities					      28
		      Dentists & Dental Offices					      30
		      Other Medical Establishments				      30
		   Patient Activity						      31
		      Hospital Activity						      33
		      Surgical Procedures					      33
		      Outpatient Activity					      33
		      Diagnostic Tests						      34
		Life Science Markets						      35
		   Life Science Research & Development Expenditures		      36
		   Pharmaceutical Shipments					      37
		   Medical Supply & Device Shipments				      38

	III.	INFECTION PREVENTION OVERVIEW					      39
		General								      39
		Health Care-Associated Infections				      40
		   Urinary Tract Infections					      41
		   Surgical Site Infections					      42
		   Respiratory Infections					      43
		   Blood Infections						      44
		   Skin Infections						      44
		   Other HAIs							      45
		   HAI Costs							      46
		Regulatory Considerations					      46
		Historical Demand Patterns					      49
		US Trade							      50
		International Markets						      52

	IV.	PRODUCTS & SERVICES						      57
		General								      57
		Infection Prevention Overview					      59
		Infection Prevention Supplies					      61
		   Protective Apparel & Textiles				      63
		      Medical & Laboratory Gloves				      65
			Examination Gloves					      66
			Surgical Gloves					              69
			Laboratory Gloves					      73
		      Surgical Drapes						      75
			Nonwoven Drapes					              77
			Plastic & Other Surgical Drapes			              79
			Applications						      80
		      Surgical Gowns						      80
		      Surgical & Staff Face Masks				      83
		      Other Protective Apparel & Textiles			      85
			Patient Gowns						      86
			Staff Apparel						      87
			All Other Apparel & Textiles				      88
		   Safety-Enhanced Medical Devices				      90
		      Catheters							      92
			Urinary Catheters					      93
			IV & Other Safety-Enhanced Catheters			      95
		      Safety-Enhanced Syringes					      96
			Prefillable Syringes					      98
			Clinical Syringes					     103
		      Blood Collection Tubes					     105
		      Other Safety-Enhanced Devices				     107
			Surgical Instruments					     107
			All Other Safety-Enhanced Devices			     108
		   Sterilization Supplies					     110
		      Sterile Containers					     111
			Trays							     112
			Pouches						             115
			Bags							     116
			Other Sterile Containers				     119
		      Sterilization Wrap					     120
		      Sterilization Indicators					     122
			Biological Indicators					     123
			Chemical Indicators					     124
			Producers						     125
		   Disinfectants						     126
		      Surface Disinfectants					     128
			Phenolic Disinfectants					     130
			Quaternary Ammonium Disinfectants			     131
			Other Surface Disinfectants				     133
		      Surgical Disinfectants					     135
			Patient Preparations					     136
			Surgical Scrubs					             137
		      Instrument Disinfectants					     139
			Enzyme Detergents					     140
			Peracetic Acid						     142
			Ortho-Phthalaldehyde (OPA)				     143
			Glutaraldehyde						     144
			Other Instrument Disinfectants				     145
		      Hand Sanitizers						     146
			Alcohol Preparations					     147
			Chlorhexidine Gluconate				             149
			Chloroxylenol						     149
			Other Hand Sanitizers					     150
		   Medical Waste Disposal Products				     150
		      Medical Waste Disposal Containers				     151
		      Medical Waste Disposal Accessories			     154
		Infection Prevention Equipment					     156
		   Sterilization Equipment					     157
		      Sterilization Technologies				     159
		      Products & Producers					     162
		   Washing/Disinfecting Equipment				     164
		   Other Infection Prevention Equipment				     166
		      Infectious Waste Receptacles				     167
		      Infectous Waste Processing Units				     168
		      All Other Equipment					     168
		Infection Prevention Services					     170
		   Medical Waste Disposal Services				     171
		   Contract Sterilization Services				     174

	V.	MARKETS								     178
		General								     178
		Health Care Markets						     179
		   Hospitals							     183
		      Market Overview						     184
		      Infection Prevention Demand				     185
		   Outpatient Facilities					     187
		      Ambulatory Surgery Centers				     188
		      Urgent Care Centers					     189
		      Other Outpatient Facilities				     190
		   Physicians’ Offices						     191
		   Dental Offices						     193
		   Nursing Homes						     195
		   Other Health Care Markets					     196
		Life Science Market						     199
		   Demand by Type						     200
		   Demand by Facility						     201
		      Pharmaceutical Facilities					     202
		      Life Science Research Facilities				     203
		      Medical Supply & Device Facilities			     204
		      Other Facilities						     205

	VI.	INDUSTRY STRUCTURE						     207
		General								     207
		Market Share							     211
		Competitive Strategies						     217
		Mergers & Acquisitions						     218
		Licensing & Related Agreements					     220
		Marketing & Distribution					     221
		Manufacturing							     223
		Company Profiles						     224
		   Ahlstrom Corporation						     225
		   Ansell Limited						     227
		   Bard (CR) Incorporated					     230
		   Becton, Dickinson and Company				     231
		   Bemis Company Incorporated					     236
		   Braun (B.) Melsungen AG					     238
		   Caltech Industries, see Clorox
		   Cantel Medical Corporation					     239
		   Cardinal Health Incorporated					     243
		   CareFusion Corporation					     245
		   Clorox Company						     247
		   Coloplast A/S						     249
		   ConFirm Monitoring Systems, see Cantel Medical
		   Contec Incorporated						     250
		   Covidien plc							     252
		   Crosstex International, see Cantel Medical
		   Danaher Corporation						     255
		   Diversey Holdings Incorporated				     258
		   Ecolab Incorporated						     260
		   Getinge AB							     265
		   GOJO Industries Incorporated					     267
		   Hollister Incorporated					     268
		   Johnson & Johnson						     269
		   Kimberly-Clark Corporation					     271
		   Medegen, see CareFusion
		   Medline Industries Incorporated				     274
		   Microtek Medical, see Ecolab
		   Minntech, see Cantel Medical
		   Mölnlycke Health Care AB					     278
		   O’Mara Scientific, see Medline Industries
		   Pelton & Crane, see Danaher
		   Purdue Pharma LP						     280
		   Saf-T-Pak, see Cantel Medical
		   Semperit AG Holding						     282
		   Smiths Group plc						     284
		   STERIS Corporation						     285
		   Sybron Dental Specialties, see Danaher
		   Terumo Corporation						     290
		   3M Company							     291
		   Unilife Corporation						     293
		Other Companies Mentioned in the Study				     294


				      LIST OF TABLES

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		SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
		Summary Table							       3

		SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
	1	Macroeconomic Indicators					       8
	2	Population by Age Group						      11
	3	Acute Conditions by Type					      16
	4	Chronic Conditions by Type					      19
	5	National Health Expenditures by Category			      22
	6	National Health Expenditures by Source of Funding		      24
	7	Medical Providers by Type					      26
	8	Patient Activity by Type					      32
	9	Life Science Market Indicators					      36

		SECTION III -- INFECTION PREVENTION OVERVIEW
	1	Number of Health Care-Associated Infections by Type		      41
	2	Infection Prevention Products & Services Historical Demand Patterns   50
	3	US Trade in Infection Prevention Products			      52
	4	World Demand for Infection Prevention Products & Services	      56

		SECTION IV -- PRODUCTS & SERVICES
	1	Infection Prevention Product & Service Demand by Category	      59
	2	Infection Prevention Demand By Application			      61
	3	Infection Prevention Supplies Demand by Product Group		      62
	4	Protective Apparel & Textile Demand by Product Group		      64
	5	Medical & Laboratory Glove Demand by Product Group		      66
	6	Examination Glove Demand by Type				      69
	7	Surgical Glove Demand by Type					      73
	8	Laboratory Glove Demand by Type					      75
	9	Surgical Drape Demand by Material & Application			      77
	10	Surgical Gown Demand by Type					      83
	11	Surgical & Staff Face Mask Demand by Type			      85
	12	Other Protective Apparel & Textile Demand by Product Group	      86
	13	Safety-Enhanced Medical Device Demand by Product Group		      91
	14	Safety-Enhanced Catheter Demand by Type				      92
	15	Safety-Enhanced Syringe Demand by Type				      98
	16	Safety-Enhanced Blood Collection Tube Demand			     106
	17	Other Safety-Enhanced Medical Device Demand by Type		     107
	18	Sterilization Supplies Demand by Product Group			     111
	19	Sterile Container Demand by Type				     112
	20	Sterilization Wrap Demand by Type				     122
	21	Sterilization Indicator Demand by Type				     123
	22	Disinfectant Demand by Product Group				     128
	23	Surface Disinfectant Demand by Type & Classification		     130
	24	Surgical Disinfectant Demand by Type				     135
	25	Instrument Disinfectant Demand by Type				     140
	26	Hand Sanitizer Demand by Type & Formulation			     147
	27	Medical Waste Disposal Supplies Demand by Group			     151
	28	Medical Waste Disposal Container Demand				     154
	29	Medical Waste Disposal Accessories Demand by Type		     156
	30	Infection Prevention Equipment Demand by Product Group		     157
	31	Sterilization Equipment Demand by Type				     159
	32	Washing/Disinfecting Equipment Demand				     166
	33	Other Infection Prevention Equipment Demand by Type		     167
	34	Infection Prevention Services Demand by Type			     171
	35	Medical Waste Disposal Services Demand				     174
	36	Contract Sterilization Services Demand by Type			     177

		SECTION V -- MARKETS
	1	Infection Prevention Demand by Market				     179
	2	Health Care Markets Infection Prevention Demand by Facility	     182
	3	Hospital Infection Prevention Demand by Type			     184
	4	Outpatient Facility Infection Prevention Demand by Type		     188
	5	Physicians’ Office Infection Prevention Demand by Type		     192
	6	Dental Office Infection Prevention Demand by Type		     194
	7	Nursing Home Infection Prevention Demand by Type		     196
	8	Other Health Care Markets Infection Prevention Demand 
		   by Type							     199
	9	Life Science Market Infection Prevention Demand by Type		     201
	10	Life Science Market  Infection Prevention Demand by Facility	     202

		SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	Infection Prevention Product Sales by Company, 2010		     209
	2	Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures				     219
	3	Selected Cooperative Agreements					     221


	      LIST OF CHARTS

    CHART NUMBER								    PAGE


		SECTION X -- PRODUCTS & SERVICES
	1	Infection Prevention Supplies Demand by Product Group, 
		   2010								      63

		SECTION XI -- MARKETS
	1	Health Care Markets Infection Prevention Demand by Facility, 
		   2010								     183

		SECTION XII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	Infection Prevention Products Market Share, 2010		     212