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Bánsághi, Száva
Soule, Hervé
Guitart, Chloé
Pittet, Didier
Haidegger, Tamás http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-1139
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Hungarian Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ÚNKP-19-19-3-I-SE-102 New National Excellence Program)
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Article History
Received: 10 December 2019
Accepted: 9 May 2020
First Online: 22 June 2020
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: This work is supported by the Infection Control Program (SPCI), University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland; hand hygiene research activities at the SPCI are also supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (grant no. 32003B_163262).Didier Pittet works with WHO in the context of the WHO initiative ‘Private Organizations for Patient Safety – Hand Hygiene’. The aim of this WHO initiative is to harness industry strengths to align and improve implementation of WHO recommendations for hand hygiene in health care indifferent parts of the world, including in least developed countries. In this instance, companies/industry with a focus on hand hygiene and infection control related advancement have the specific aim of improving access to affordable hand hygiene products as well as through education and research. All listed authors declare no financial support, grants, financial interests or consultancy that could lead to conflicts of interest.The authors alone are responsible for the views expressed in this article and they do not necessarily represent the views, decisions or policies of the institutions with which they are affiliated. WHO takes no responsibility for the information provided or the views expressed in this paper.
