OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Hospital Infection is 26. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
How reliable are test results from 17 laboratories on the basis of EN 1500 for a hand rub based on 80% (w/w)?	78
Risk of carbapenemase acquisition and bacteraemia in patients with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in haematology wards under cohort isolation with different carbapenemase types: a retrospect	72
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	70
Monkeypox virus isolation from longitudinal samples from four patients to infer risk of onwards transmission: an interim analysis	62
Central- and peripheral-line-associated bloodstream infections in Victorian neonatal intensive care units: findings from a comprehensive Victorian surveillance network, 2008–2024	61
Cost-effectiveness and clinical utility of universal pre-admission MRSA screening in total joint arthroplasty patients	57
Compliance with a novel hand hygiene protocol tailored to non-sterile healthcare workers in the operating theatre	52
A predictive score for the result of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales and vancomycin-resistant enterococci screening	50
Editorial Board	49
Educational intervention to improve infection prevention and control practices in four companion animal clinics in Switzerland	48
Why is the pathogen positivity rate so high even after chlorhexidine–alcohol disinfection?	43
Optimizing healthcare workforce management: the economic impact of in-house molecular testing during the COVID-19 pandemic	40
A proposed classification system for opportunistic pathogens for improved healthcare infection prevention and control risk assessments	39
Rise of Candida auris – a WHO critical priority pathogen – and its antifungal resistance among neonates in a tertiary care centre over 8 years	39
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	35
Invasive fungal infection is associated with antibiotic exposure in preterm infants: a multi-centre prospective case–control study	33
Which antiseptic to use for a caesarean section? A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	33
Bacterial recolonization of hospital sink biofilms	32
Novel scores relevant to antimicrobial resistance and hospital-acquired infections developed with data from a multi-hospital consortium in the Parisian region of France	32
Management of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Dutch healthcare institutes: a nationwide survey	32
Regarding “Optimization and evaluation of new decontamination procedures inactivating human prions” recently published by Herzog and colleagues	31
Drain decontamination using in-situ-generated ozone	29
Key predictors and burden of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in comparison with meticillin-susceptible S. aureus infection in an Australian hospital setting	29
Catheter salvage strategies in children with central venous catheter-related or -associated bloodstream infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis	29
Molecular epidemiology of a nationwide Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak in Norway reveals multiple distinct clusters, including high-risk clone ST244	28

Octenidine exposure was not associated with reduced octenidine susceptibility of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an extended-care facility in Singapore	26
Infection prevention and control risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in health workers: a global, multi-centre, case–control study	26
What techniques are recommended to undertake procedures that require asepsis? Content and cluster analysis of information supplied in international guidance	26