Institute for Infection Prevention and Control

Areas and questions of infection prevention and hospital hygiene that are influenced by structural conditions or by systems and equipment are assigned to technical hygiene. A close hygiene connection exists, for example, with ventilation systems, recooling plants, water and waste water installations, cleaning and disinfection devices or sterilisers. In the hospital, operating theatre and intensive care areas, the preparation of medical devices, the production of medicines and other clean room areas, the supply of food and laundry and, last but not least, house cleaning are areas that are influenced to a large extent by technical conditions.