OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Hospital Infection is 30. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
A predictive score for the result of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales and vancomycin-resistant enterococci screening	85
Risk assessment of the mechanical spread of bacterial pathogens due to Lasius neglectus ants infesting a tertiary hospital	69
How reliable are test results from 17 laboratories on the basis of EN 1500 for a hand rub based on 80% (w/w)?	64
The novel application and effect of an ultraviolet light decontamination strategy on the healthcare acquisition of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in a hospital setting	50
What techniques are recommended to undertake procedures that require asepsis? Content and cluster analysis of information supplied in international guidance	49
Educational intervention to improve infection prevention and control practices in four companion animal clinics in Switzerland	46
Risk of carbapenemase acquisition and bacteraemia in patients with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in haematology wards under cohort isolation with different carbapenemase types: a retrospect	46
Antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacterales and Enterococcus faecium: a time series analysis	45
Novel scores relevant to antimicrobial resistance and hospital-acquired infections developed with data from a multi-hospital consortium in the Parisian region of France	44
Octenidine exposure was not associated with reduced octenidine susceptibility of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an extended-care facility in Singapore	44
Polymicrobial outbreak of carbapenemase producing Enterobacterales managed using universal admission and discharge screening and water-safe built environment	43
Bacterial recolonization of hospital sink biofilms	42
A systematic review of antimicrobial stewardship interventions implemented in intensive care units	41
Management of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Dutch healthcare institutes: a nationwide survey	40
Invasive fungal infection is associated with antibiotic exposure in preterm infants: a multi-centre prospective case–control study	39
Effect of prolonged exposure to disinfectants in the antimicrobial resistance profile of relevant micro-organisms: a systematic review	39
Infection prevention and control risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in health workers: a global, multi-centre, case–control study	37
Specialists' opinion regarding factors related to wet loads after steam sterilization	37
Review of decontamination protocols for shared non-critical objects in 35 policies of UK NHS acute care organizations	36
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	36
Drain decontamination using in-situ-generated ozone	35
Which antiseptic to use for a caesarean section? A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	35
Why is the pathogen positivity rate so high even after chlorhexidine–alcohol disinfection?	34
Optimizing healthcare workforce management: the economic impact of in-house molecular testing during the COVID-19 pandemic	34
Regarding “Optimization and evaluation of new decontamination procedures inactivating human prions” recently published by Herzog and colleagues	33

Does pulsed lavage reduce the risk of surgical site infection? A systematic review and meta-analysis	33
Central- and peripheral-line-associated bloodstream infections in Victorian neonatal intensive care units: findings from a comprehensive Victorian surveillance network, 2008–2024	32
Bacterial contamination of bone allografts in the tissue banks: a systematic review and meta-analysis	32
Monkeypox virus isolation from longitudinal samples from four patients to infer risk of onwards transmission: an interim analysis	31
Longitudinal mpox virus surface sampling in an outpatient setting	30