Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Papers
(The H4-Index of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology is 23. 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.)
ArticleCitations
In-depth assessment of critical access hospital stewardship program adherence to the CDC Core Elements in Iowa and Nebraska217
Hospital outbreak of the severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) delta variant in partially and fully vaccinated patients and healthcare workers in Toronto, Canada205
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a healthcare dilemma for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–positive individuals in Pakistan164
Healthcare personnel interactive pathogen exposure response system111
Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the adherence to hand hygiene practice in hospitals—Data from a Swiss national surveillance system83
A novel method for the quantitative assessment of the fitted containment efficiency of face coverings76
Bacterial contamination of air and surfaces during dental procedures—An experimental pilot study using Staphylococcus aureus68
Audit and feedback as a tool to increase compliance with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) screening and decrease CPE transmission in the hospital64
Innovation and personal protective equipment (PPE) decontamination: Toward more sustainable infection prevention and control55
Nosocomial influenza in patients with cancer before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era and one year after the pandemic: Can we do any better in hospitals?46
Cost of personal protective equipment during the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic41
Association of a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine booster with control of a COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility in Switzerland, November to December 202139
Evaluating the impact of incorporating clinical practice guidelines for the management of infectious diseases into an electronic application (e-app)39
Antibiogram development for Australian residential aged care facilities38
Antibiotic practice and stewardship in the management of neutropenic fever: a survey of US institutions36
Use of human-centric and participatory design for modifying a daily environmental cleaning checklist: a quality improvement study33
ICE volume 45 issue 11 Cover and Back matter32
Using electronic medical records in hospital simulation for infection control intervention assessment31
Chlorhexidine gluconate skin levels and organism decolonization: what we know and what we don’t know28
A comparative analysis of infection and complication rates between single- and double-lumen ports28
Early identification of a ward-based outbreak of Clostridioides difficile using prospective multilocus sequence type-based Oxford Nanopore genomic surveillance27
Evaluating barriers and potential solutions to speaking up about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) symptoms: A survey among nursing home workers26
Impact of the strategies implemented by an antimicrobial stewardship program on the antibiotic consumption in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic23
Initial and 5-day positivity rate of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in exposed inpatients within shared rooms during the omicron-variant domi23
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