Peters, Alexandra
Carry, Jennifer
Cave, Charlotte
Sauser, Julien
Pittet, Didier
Funding for this research was provided by:
University Hospitals of Geneva
Saniswiss SA
Article History
Received: 1 March 2022
Accepted: 31 May 2022
First Online: 15 July 2022
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was not needed but the study was approved by the Academic Council of the University of Geneva Hospitals.
: Not applicable.
: The source of funding for this study is the University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine (HUG) and an educational grant (Saniswiss SA). The first source of funding comes from HUG. HUG financed the control products as well as the assistance given to the principal investigator (laboratory facilities, research assistants, biostatistician). The test product and part of the principal investigator's (AP) time was funded by the manufacturer of the test formulation (Saniswiss SA). Saniswiss SA was not involved in any part of the study at any time, and agreed to publication of the results regardless of whether the outcome would be favorable for their product or not. Saniswiss SA provided the alcohol-based handrub to test.