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Published on 3 March 2025

Minimum requirements for hospitals

Hospitals need to meet certain requirements in order to prevent and control healthcare-associated infections (HAI) effectively. Uniform national minimum requirements for acute-care hospitals were published in January 2021.

Federal Office of Public Health FOPH

Communicable Diseases Division
Infection Control and Control Measures Section
Schwarzenburgstrasse 157
Switzerland - 3003 Bern