OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Hospital Infection is 33. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A predictive score for the result of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales and vancomycin-resistant enterococci screening	115
Risk assessment of the mechanical spread of bacterial pathogens due to Lasius neglectus ants infesting a tertiary hospital	110
How reliable are test results from 17 laboratories on the basis of EN 1500 for a hand rub based on 80% (w/w)?	94
Cost-effectiveness and clinical utility of universal pre-admission MRSA screening in total joint arthroplasty patients	69
Validation of electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems: the IPC community must agree on four essentials	64
The novel application and effect of an ultraviolet light decontamination strategy on the healthcare acquisition of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in a hospital setting	64
Editorial Board	61
What techniques are recommended to undertake procedures that require asepsis? Content and cluster analysis of information supplied in international guidance	58
Water springing to life the fungal desert	54
Near-field airborne particle concentrations in young children undergoing high-flow nasal cannula therapy: a pilot study	51
Editorial Board	50
Risk of carbapenemase acquisition and bacteraemia in patients with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in haematology wards under cohort isolation with different carbapenemase types: a retrospect	43
Specialists' opinion regarding factors related to wet loads after steam sterilization	43
Review of decontamination protocols for shared non-critical objects in 35 policies of UK NHS acute care organizations	43
A proposed classification system for opportunistic pathogens for improved healthcare infection prevention and control risk assessments	40
Educational intervention to improve infection prevention and control practices in four companion animal clinics in Switzerland	39
Antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacterales and Enterococcus faecium: a time series analysis	39
Key predictors and burden of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in comparison with meticillin-susceptible S. aureus infection in an Australian hospital setting	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	39
Compliance with a novel hand hygiene protocol tailored to non-sterile healthcare workers in the operating theatre	39
Novel scores relevant to antimicrobial resistance and hospital-acquired infections developed with data from a multi-hospital consortium in the Parisian region of France	38
Polymicrobial outbreak of carbapenemase producing Enterobacterales managed using universal admission and discharge screening and water-safe built environment	38
The cost-effectiveness of temporary single-patient rooms to reduce risks of healthcare-associated infection	38
Management of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Dutch healthcare institutes: a nationwide survey	37
Monkeypox virus isolation from longitudinal samples from four patients to infer risk of onwards transmission: an interim analysis	37

Infection prevention and control risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in health workers: a global, multi-centre, case–control study	35
Longitudinal mpox virus surface sampling in an outpatient setting	35
Drain decontamination using in-situ-generated ozone	33
Whole-genome sequencing reveals two prolonged simultaneous outbreaks involving Pseudomonas aeruginosa high-risk strains ST111 and ST235 with resistance to quaternary ammonium compounds	33
Optimizing Healthcare Workforce Management: The Economic Impact of In-House Molecular Testing During the COVID-19 Pandemic	33
COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes during the first wave: are Care Quality Commission ratings a good predictor of at-risk homes?	33
Octenidine exposure was not associated with reduced octenidine susceptibility of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an extended-care facility in Singapore	33
Invasive fungal infection is associated with antibiotic exposure in preterm infants: a multi-centre prospective case–control study	33