World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) is WHO initiative which takes place each November and aims to increase global awareness of antibiotic resistance (AMR). It also encourages best practices to avoid the further emergence and spread of AMR. This year’s public messaging focuses on prevention of infections with basic interventions that are...
Sepsis is a global health crisis and every 3-4 seconds someone dies of sepsis. The World Sepsis Day is held on September 13th every year and is an opportunity for people across the world to raise awareness and unite in the fight against sepsis. In our mission to prevent hospital acquired infections and save lives, Bactiguards is one of the main...
Bactiguard is a Swedish medtech company with a global presence, offering prevention solutions for nosocomial infections, reducing the use of antibiotics and the spread of multi-resistant bacteria. In this article, its CEO Christian Kinch, explains how Bactiguard’s solution works to save lives and reduce healthcare costs. He also shares the...
In an imagined scenario from 2041 the Economist describes how the world belatedly responded to antimicrobial resistance. If antibiotics stop working, the superbugs will spread rapidly. According to a study published in the scientific journal The Lancet1 in November 2018 more than 33,000 people die in Europe every year as a direct consequence of...
Every year, the communication specialist Box Communications ranks the most active Swedish CEOs on Twitter. For the fourth year in a row, Bactiguard's CEO Christian Kinch was at the top of the list for Small Cap company CEOs. The motivation: Christian has been at the top for many years and he is really a digital role model that other senior...
In an interview with Times of India, Lena Hallengren, the Swedish minister of Social Affairs mentions Bactiguard as one of the Swedish companies contributing to developing the healthcare sector in India. On a delegation trip to India the national magazine Times of India made an interview with the Swedish minister of Social Affairs, Lena...
