KIEV, April 27 – Ukraine does not have a healthcare-associated infection (HAI) monitoring system or experience in monitoring and informing medical workers on the level of HAI in the country, meaning the majority of medical workers do not understand the HAI problem, Scientific Affairs and Education Leader in Central and Eastern Europe at 3M Health Care Przemyslaw Lenartowicz said.

"There is tight correlation between hospital-acquired infections and life span. There is no data on HAI level in Ukraine, there is no HAI monitoring system. The major part of medical workers do not understand the HAI problem. Nurses and doctors do not understand in full what they can do to change the situation," he told Interfax-Ukraine.