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from Kuster S, Roth JA, Frei R, Meier CA, Dangel M, Widmer AF 2021
published in Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 10: 93.
DOI 10.1186/s13756-021-00949-0

Handrub dispensers per acute care hospital bed: a study to develop a new minimum standard.

On average Swiss hospitals have 2.4 dispensers for alcohol-based handrubs per patient bed in addition to pocket dispensers, which are used in 97% of hospitals.

On average Swiss hospitals provide 2.4 alcohol-based handrub (ABHR) dispensers per patient bed. Most of these dispensers are located at room entrances (84%) oder near a patient bed (47%). 97% of hospitals also provide pocket ABHR dispensers.

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