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Better living through better breathing
The Healthcare World Business Line (WBL) provides to its customers, in hospitals or at home, medical products and services that contribute to the improvement of patients’ quality of life, all around the world.
Key Figures
€1 700 million revenue
+ 7.5 % growth in 2008
More than 300,000 patients assisted at home worldwide
More than 6,000 hospitals supplied worldwide
Breakdown of revenue
The Group’s Healthcare WBL provides the world’s hospitals with medical gases, hygiene products and related medical equipment. These products ensure that medical procedures go smoothly, especially in the sensitive areas that are the operating rooms, emergency care and intensive care units.
Gases are used, for example, for anesthesia, assisted ventilation and easing certain pains.
Air Liquide is spearheading the fight against nosocomial infections, conducting highly effective research to develop targeted products for the skin, hands, instruments and surfaces.
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