Positioning and Distributors/Traders List.
• Market Effect Factors Analysis including Technology Progress/Risk, Consumer Needs/Customer
Preference Change and Economic/Political Environmental Change.
• Steam Autoclave Market Forecast including Production, Consumption, Import and Export
Forecast by Type, Applications and Region.
• Research Findings and Conclusion
Steam Autoclave Market – Drivers
New product launches with advanced technology is expected to drive the steam autoclave
market growth during the forecast period. For instance, in 2016, Astella Scientific launched a
touch screen based controller for its autoclave ranges, combined with analogue and digital
input/output modules. Controller software has features to improve speed and management of
load cycles with menu system, cycle selection, customizable access levels, and password
protection. Moreover, it stores historic data up to 5,000 cycles and can be viewed or
downloaded via USB port. Manufacturers are also focusing on introducing high capacity steam
autoclave at low prices, to sustain in the growing autoclave market.
Increasing prevalence of hospital-acquired infectious (HAIs) is expected to propel growth of the
steam autoclave market. For instance, according to World Health Organization (WHO) factsheet,
in developed countries 7 out of 100 hospitalized patients acquire one of the other healthcare
associated infection, whereas, in emerging countries the ratio is 10 out of 100. Moreover,
according to Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) annual National and State
Healthcare-Associated Infections Progress Report (HAI Progress Report, 2014), the burden of
HAIs in the U.S. hospitals was reported to be 722,000 in acute care hospitals in 2011.
Moreover, nosocomial infection including central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI),
catheter-associated urinary tract infections, surgical site infections, and ventilator-associated
pneumonia are some of the common hospital acquired infections. These are expected to be
major factors leading to increasing demand for sterilization of surgical instruments, medical
waste management, and other consumables.
Moreover, increasing number of surgical procedures and increasing preference for minimally
invasive surgical procedures is also expected to fuel growth of the steam autoclave market.
According to a study presented by the Centers of Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) 2014,
around 4.7 million people underwent total knee arthroplasty, while 2.5 million underwent total
hip arthroplasty in the U.S. Rapidly increasing surgical waste and hazardous bio-medical waste
is also expected to fuel the steam autoclave market growth. For instance, according to