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Collected Item: “Home brew hand sanitiser, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne”

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Home brew hand sanitiser, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

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Photograph

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During the first wave of the pandemic in Victoria hand sanitiser and the ethanol used to make it were in global short supply. The hospital Pharmacy collaborated with local gin distillery Suter & Sons to make its own home brew hand sanitiser.

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#hospital, #handsanitiser, #innovation, #collaboration

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Befekir Kebede

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2020-04-03
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