OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Documentation of adherence to infection prevention best practice in patient records: a mixed-methods investigation	186
Correction: Impact of tooth brushing on oral bacteriota and health care-associated infections among ventilated COVID-19 patients: an intervention study	123
Advancing hospital-onset bacteraemia surveillance: a five-year retrospective study following the hospital-wide implementation of an automated surveillance system at a German university hospital	116
Dissemination of clinical Escherichia coli strains harboring mcr-1, blaNDM−7 and siderophore-producing plasmids in a Chinese hospital	88
A non-inferiority trial comparing manual and automated high-level disinfection for reprocessing of transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasound probes	70
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales infection and colonization in patients with severe burns: a retrospective cohort study in a single burn center	67
Compliance with infection prevention and control standard precautions and factors associated with noncompliance among healthcare workers working in public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	62
Infection prevention and control procedures in nursing homes in the piedmont region of Italy: results from two regional surveys (2021–2024)	48
Antibiotic use by poultry farmers in Kiambu County, Kenya: exploring practices and drivers of potential overuse	48
Development and validation of machine learning models to predict MDRO colonization or infection on ICU admission by using electronic health record data	47
Implementing a healthcare-associated bloodstream infection surveillance network in India: a mixed-methods study on the best practices, challenges and opportunities, 2022	46
A nationwide cross-sectional study of antimicrobial resistance in Palestinian hospitals: insights from 10,000 clinical isolates	45
Antimicrobial use of patients with sexually transmitted infection symptoms prior to presentation at five health facilities in Southern Ghana	44
Adherence to national recommendations for the control of multidrug-resistant microorganisms in Swiss acute care hospitals – an updated national survey	40
Fecal carriage of ESBL-producing E. coli and genetic characterization in rural children and livestock in the Somali region, Ethiopia: a one health approach	39
Throat carriage with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a cohort study on the effectiveness of topical eradication treatment	39
Virtual reality for education on infection prevention and control: the impact on medical students’ knowledge, attitudes and practices	37
On-site evaluation as external quality assessment of microbiology laboratories involved in sentinel laboratory-based antimicrobial resistance surveillance network in Burkina Faso	37
Evaluation of microbiological efficacy of 2% chlorhexidine gluconate cloths versus 4% chlorhexidine gluconate soap for preoperative preparation/shower in total joint arthroplasty: a single-centre rand	37
Implementation of a multimodal strategy via a mobile application to reduce catheter failure in patients with vascular access devices in Spain (CUIDAVEN Study): a pre-post intervention study	36
Development of a strain-specific PCR as a diagnostic tool for surveillance, detection, and monitoring of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium during outbreak	36
Correction: Burden of five healthcare associated infections in Australia	35
SARS-CoV-2 risk in household contacts of healthcare workers: a prospective cohort study	33
Empiric antimicrobial therapy in the intensive care unit based on the risk of multidrug-resistant bacterial infection: a single-centre case‒control study of blood culture results in Japan	32
Machine says go, doctor says no: an ecological momentary assessment analysis examining clinicians’ perceptions of, and their antibiotic prescribing behaviour when using rapid molecular diagnostic test	32

Passive sampling of hospital wastewater as a promising warning signal for Candidozyma auris in a low-prevalence setting: a proof-of-concept study	32
An evaluation of a Stenotrophomonas maltophilia outbreak due to commercial arterial blood gas collection kit	30
Impact of WHO AWaRe Antibiotic Handbook training on antibiotics prescribing knowledge among private primary care providers: a vignette-based, prep–post pilot study in Patna, India	30
Evaluation of awareness, perceptions, and compliance with infection prevention and control protocols among healthcare professionals at a tertiary hospital in Nasarawa State, Nigeria	30
National surveillance of healthcare-associated infections in the UAE: first multisector report and benchmark analysis (2023)	30