Themes Health-i-care: innovations for safer healthcare All health-i-care project activities are devoted to the highly actual thematic focus of prevention and control of hospital infections and antibiotic resistance and the associated risks for patients and public health. Health-i-care focuses on developing innovative products and technologies that protect the population from infection and that cope with antibiotic resistance. This involves the innovative and different tools in the fields of diagnostics, therapy, cleaning, medical technology and information-based and persuasive communications. The project was conceived from concrete demands and needs of users and purchasing parties of future customers. Health -i- Care is committed by means of crossborder and cross-sector networking to strengthening the capacity for innovation in the border region and , related to this , the development of one strong health economic region. SMEs are the essential engine for these innovations. Only in conjunction with them the in health-i-care -defined 30 relevant innovative products and technologies, that contribute to the preservation of our for health so important hygienic standards, can be developed.