Rising number of surgical procedures is the key factor driving the swab market. With the rising burden of chronic diseases, need of surgical procedures has also been escalating. As per the 2015 statistics suggested by Eurostat, cataract surgery, and colonoscopy were the two most common surgical procedures performed in European region. It is observed that in the year 2015, cataract surgery was performed one thousand times per 100 000 inhabitants specifically in Germany, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Finland, Malta, Estonia, Austria, Portugal and France. Other common procedures include bronchoscopies, and transluminal coronary angioplasties. Road accidents have also found to be responsible for rising surgical procedures, occurrence of wounds due to injuries. For instance, according to a study published in the Journal of Injury and Violence Research in 2017, it is found that low and middle-income countries bear the major burden of road traffic incidents worldwide.