OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Hospital Infection is 29. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Risk of carbapenemase acquisition and bacteraemia in patients with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in haematology wards under cohort isolation with different carbapenemase types: a retrospect	79
How reliable are test results from 17 laboratories on the basis of EN 1500 for a hand rub based on 80% (w/w)?	79
Burden of surgical management of prosthetic joint infections following hip and knee replacements in Alberta, Canada: an analysis and comparison of two major urban centres	77
Monkeypox virus isolation from longitudinal samples from four patients to infer risk of onwards transmission: an interim analysis	71
Compliance with a novel hand hygiene protocol tailored to non-sterile healthcare workers in the operating theatre	66
A predictive score for the result of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales and vancomycin-resistant enterococci screening	65
Editorial Board	61
Why is the pathogen positivity rate so high even after chlorhexidine–alcohol disinfection?	52
Optimizing healthcare workforce management: the economic impact of in-house molecular testing during the COVID-19 pandemic	51
Rise of Candida auris – a WHO critical priority pathogen – and its antifungal resistance among neonates in a tertiary care centre over 8 years	47
Which antiseptic to use for a caesarean section? A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	45
Nurses' attitudes, behaviours, and enablers of intravenous to oral switching (IVOS) of antibiotics: a mixed-methods survey of nursing staff in secondary care hospitals across the Midlands region of En	45
Management of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Dutch healthcare institutes: a nationwide survey	42
Novel scores relevant to antimicrobial resistance and hospital-acquired infections developed with data from a multi-hospital consortium in the Parisian region of France	40
Regarding “Optimization and evaluation of new decontamination procedures inactivating human prions” recently published by Herzog and colleagues	38
Key predictors and burden of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in comparison with meticillin-susceptible S. aureus infection in an Australian hospital setting	36
Drain decontamination using in-situ-generated ozone	36
Longitudinal mpox virus surface sampling in an outpatient setting	35
Infection prevention and control risk assessment and policy for respiratory viral infections in National Health Service trusts in England: a national survey	35
Molecular epidemiology of a nationwide Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak in Norway reveals multiple distinct clusters, including high-risk clone ST244	33
Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and perceived challenges for healthcare workers on waterless intensive care unit (ICU) care at a neonatal ICU in Singapore	33
Simulated use of the water circuit disinfection device on a Mycobacterium chimaera–contaminated LivaNova 3T Heater Cooler Device: results of mycobacterial and bacterial surveillance	33
Risk assessment of the mechanical spread of bacterial pathogens due to Lasius neglectus ants infesting a tertiary hospital	33
Octenidine exposure was not associated with reduced octenidine susceptibility of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an extended-care facility in Singapore	31
A proposed classification system for opportunistic pathogens for improved healthcare infection prevention and control risk assessments	30

Polymicrobial outbreak of carbapenemase producing Enterobacterales managed using universal admission and discharge screening and water-safe built environment	30
Cost-effectiveness and clinical utility of universal pre-admission MRSA screening in total joint arthroplasty patients	30
Effect of prolonged exposure to disinfectants in the antimicrobial resistance profile of relevant micro-organisms: a systematic review	29
Whole-genome sequencing reveals two prolonged simultaneous outbreaks involving Pseudomonas aeruginosa high-risk strains ST111 and ST235 with resistance to quaternary ammonium compounds	29