
Hygiene is defined as a set of practices which are performed in order to prevent or to reduce the occurrence and dispersion of disease causing agents. Depending upon a number of parameters, hygiene can be categorized into a number of types such as hand hygiene, respiratory hygiene, food hygiene, laundry hygiene, medical hygiene at home, personal hygiene, excessive body hygiene, culinary hygiene and personal hygiene services. However, the overall hygiene market is broadly classified into three segments: baby diapers, feminine care products and adult incontinence products.