The legal basis for hygiene in hospitals and medical clinics and all associated measures is the Infection Protection Act (IfSG). The recommendations of the Committee for Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO) also play an important role. In order to comply with the recommendations of the Infection Protection Act (IfSG) and the Hygiene and Infection Prevention Committee (KRINKO), the clinic has a hygienic staff and a hygienic expert, a doctor with special knowledge of hygiene and microbiology, who has, among other duties, the following: Preventing infection by taking appropriate measures. In addition, there is a hygiene plan in the clinic, in which all necessary preventive hygiene measures are recorded.