Tampere University Hospital: Washing liquid helps prevent hospital bacteria
Where does the development of a new product start? Sometimes it starts with a customer initiative. In spring 2013, Jaana Syrjänen, Chief Physician of the Infections Unit at the Tampere University Hospital (TAYS), described the needs of her unit in a meeting with Kiilto.“I said that you have this Erisept Foam, which has been in a convenient form for the user – could we get something similar with chlorhexidine?” Syrjänen says. For over a decade, the Pirkanmaa region has had a very high incidence of the MRSA bacteria compared to the rest of the country. MRSA is a type of bacteria resistant