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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A predictive score for the result of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales and vancomycin-resistant enterococci screening	88
How reliable are test results from 17 laboratories on the basis of EN 1500 for a hand rub based on 80% (w/w)?	71
Risk assessment of the mechanical spread of bacterial pathogens due to Lasius neglectus ants infesting a tertiary hospital	64
Risk of carbapenemase acquisition and bacteraemia in patients with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in haematology wards under cohort isolation with different carbapenemase types: a retrospect	51
Management of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Dutch healthcare institutes: a nationwide survey	49
Whole-genome sequencing reveals two prolonged simultaneous outbreaks involving Pseudomonas aeruginosa high-risk strains ST111 and ST235 with resistance to quaternary ammonium compounds	48
Validation of electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems: the IPC community must agree on four essentials	47
Editorial Board	46
Editorial Board	45
Specialists' opinion regarding factors related to wet loads after steam sterilization	44
Review of decontamination protocols for shared non-critical objects in 35 policies of UK NHS acute care organizations	44
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
The novel application and effect of an ultraviolet light decontamination strategy on the healthcare acquisition of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in a hospital setting	43
Educational intervention to improve infection prevention and control practices in four companion animal clinics in Switzerland	41
Monkeypox virus isolation from longitudinal samples from four patients to infer risk of onwards transmission: an interim analysis	41
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	40
A proposed classification system for opportunistic pathogens for improved healthcare infection prevention and control risk assessments	38
Central- and peripheral-line-associated bloodstream infections in Victorian neonatal intensive care units: findings from a comprehensive Victorian surveillance network, 2008–2024	37
Why is the pathogen positivity rate so high even after chlorhexidine–alcohol disinfection?	37
Bacterial contamination of bone allografts in the tissue banks: a systematic review and meta-analysis	37
Key predictors and burden of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in comparison with meticillin-susceptible S. aureus infection in an Australian hospital setting	36
Does pulsed lavage reduce the risk of surgical site infection? A systematic review and meta-analysis	36
Optimizing healthcare workforce management: the economic impact of in-house molecular testing during the COVID-19 pandemic	36
Compliance with a novel hand hygiene protocol tailored to non-sterile healthcare workers in the operating theatre	36
Regarding “Optimization and evaluation of new decontamination procedures inactivating human prions” recently published by Herzog and colleagues	35

Octenidine exposure was not associated with reduced octenidine susceptibility of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an extended-care facility in Singapore	34
Infection prevention and control risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in health workers: a global, multi-centre, case–control study	34
Drain decontamination using in-situ-generated ozone	34
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	32
Cost-effectiveness and clinical utility of universal pre-admission MRSA screening in total joint arthroplasty patients	30
Catheter salvage strategies in children with central venous catheter-related or -associated bloodstream infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis	30
Which antiseptic to use for a caesarean section? A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	30
Longitudinal mpox virus surface sampling in an outpatient setting	30