OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Hospital Infection is 26. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
How reliable are test results from 17 laboratories on the basis of EN 1500 for a hand rub based on 80% (w/w)?	77
Risk of carbapenemase acquisition and bacteraemia in patients with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in haematology wards under cohort isolation with different carbapenemase types: a retrospect	69
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	66
Monkeypox virus isolation from longitudinal samples from four patients to infer risk of onwards transmission: an interim analysis	60
Central- and peripheral-line-associated bloodstream infections in Victorian neonatal intensive care units: findings from a comprehensive Victorian surveillance network, 2008–2024	59
Cost-effectiveness and clinical utility of universal pre-admission MRSA screening in total joint arthroplasty patients	56
Compliance with a novel hand hygiene protocol tailored to non-sterile healthcare workers in the operating theatre	51
A predictive score for the result of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales and vancomycin-resistant enterococci screening	50
Validation of electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems: the IPC community must agree on four essentials	48
Editorial Board	47
Educational intervention to improve infection prevention and control practices in four companion animal clinics in Switzerland	44
Why is the pathogen positivity rate so high even after chlorhexidine–alcohol disinfection?	42
A proposed classification system for opportunistic pathogens for improved healthcare infection prevention and control risk assessments	39
Optimizing healthcare workforce management: the economic impact of in-house molecular testing during the COVID-19 pandemic	39
Rise of Candida auris – a WHO critical priority pathogen – and its antifungal resistance among neonates in a tertiary care centre over 8 years	36
Invasive fungal infection is associated with antibiotic exposure in preterm infants: a multi-centre prospective case–control study	33
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	33
Which antiseptic to use for a caesarean section? A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	32
Bacterial recolonization of hospital sink biofilms	31
Novel scores relevant to antimicrobial resistance and hospital-acquired infections developed with data from a multi-hospital consortium in the Parisian region of France	31
Management of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Dutch healthcare institutes: a nationwide survey	31
Polymicrobial outbreak of carbapenemase producing Enterobacterales managed using universal admission and discharge screening and water-safe built environment	29
Regarding “Optimization and evaluation of new decontamination procedures inactivating human prions” recently published by Herzog and colleagues	29
Analysis of nosocomial infection management in the neonatal intensive care unit based on logistic regression combined with failure mode and effects analysis: a retrospective cohort study	28
Simulated use of the water circuit disinfection device on a Mycobacterium chimaera–contaminated LivaNova 3T Heater Cooler Device: results of mycobacterial and bacterial surveillance	28

Risk assessment of the mechanical spread of bacterial pathogens due to Lasius neglectus ants infesting a tertiary hospital	28
Bacterial contamination of bone allografts in the tissue banks: a systematic review and meta-analysis	26
Drain decontamination using in-situ-generated ozone	26