Journal of Hospital Infection

Article	Citations
A predictive score for the result of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales and vancomycin-resistant enterococci screening	285
Drain decontamination using in-situ generated ozone	113
Surgery and sustainability: time for multi-disciplinary collaboration to reduce the carbon footprint while not compromising infection prevention	107
Genome-based typing reveals rare events of patient contamination with Pseudomonas aeruginosa from other patients and sink traps in a medical intensive care unit	83
Evaluating the risk of Clostridioides difficile infection from toilet flushing: A quantitative microbial risk assessment and implications for infection control	63
Healthcare-associated infection impact with bioaerosol treatment and COVID-19 mitigation measures	62
Antimicrobial and cytotoxic synergism of biocides and quorum-sensing inhibitors against uropathogenic Escherichia coli	60
Incidence, diagnosis and outcomes of COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA): a systematic review	60
Emergence and control of an outbreak of PVL-positive MRSA in a UK-based maternity setting	59
Infection prevention and control risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in health workers: a global, multi-centre, case–control study	54
Editorial Board	53
Response to Kiernan et al.: is detergent-only cleaning paired with chlorine disinfection the best approach for cleaning?	53
Removal of virus from hands: a study on the role of washing and drying	48
Disinfection effect of ozonated water on SARS-CoV-2 in the presence of salivary proteins	48
From the clinic to the wards, the evolution of penicillin allergy testing by non-allergists in a UK hospital	46
Genotyping of Candida tropicalis isolates uncovers nosocomial transmission of two lineages in Italian tertiary care hospital	43
Management of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Dutch healthcare institutes: a nationwide survey	43
Polymicrobial outbreak of carbapenemase producing Enterobacterales managed using universal admission and discharge screening and water-safe built environment	40
Candida auris in Dutch hospitals: are we ready for it?	39
Efficacy of five ‘sporicidal’ surface disinfectants against Clostridioides difficile spores in suspension tests and 4-field tests	38
Risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission upon return to work in RNA-positive healthcare workers	38
The novel application and effect of an ultraviolet light decontamination strategy on the healthcare acquisition of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in a hospital setting	38
Editorial Board	37
“Unite for safety – clean your hands”: the 5 May 2022 World Health Organization SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign	37
An audit on adherence to antimicrobial prescribing guidelines during Wave One of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic	37

‘Be afraid – be very afraid’: passive air drying of nebulizer parts in cystic fibrosis – occult microbiological risks of contamination with Pseudomonas aeruginosa from calyptrate flies (Musca domestic	35
Trends in hospital acquired New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales in Tuscany (Italy) from 2019 to 2021: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic	35
Validation of electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems: the IPC community must agree on four essentials	35
Final rinse water quality for flexible endoscopy to minimize the risk of post-endoscopic infection. Report from Healthcare Infection Society Working Party	35
Cost-effectiveness and clinical utility of universal pre-admission MRSA screening in total joint arthroplasty patients	34
Editorial Board	34
When the answer is a maybe: a retrospective review of indeterminate SARS-CoV-2 results and their associations	33
Urinary tract infection is associated with 2.4-fold increased risk of surgical site infection in hip fracture surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis	33
Interest of broth enrichment for rectal screening in a low carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales prevalence country	33
What techniques are recommended to undertake procedures that require asepsis? Content and cluster analysis of information supplied in international guidance	33
Comparison of prevalence, resistance, biofilm-forming ability and virulence between carbapenem-non-susceptible and carbepenem-susceptible Enterobacter cloacae complex in clusters	32
Editorial Board	31
Response to Monstrey et al. ‘Evaluation of the antiseptic activity of 5% alcoholic povidone-iodine solution using four different modes of application: a randomized open-label study’	31
The ‘innocuous’ nasopharyngeal temperature probe: a call to action	31
Real-life data revealed strong immunity against SARS-CoV-2 variants BA.4/BA.5 in long-term care facility residents previously infected with BA.1/BA.2	30
A proposed classification system for opportunist pathogens for improved healthcare infection prevention and control risk assessments	29
MRSA improvement within a highly endemic hospital in Malta: infection control measures or clonal change?	28
Editorial Board	27
Comparison of forehead temperature screening with infra-red thermometer and thermal imaging scanner	27
eHealth for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections: a scoping review	26
Water springing to life the fungal desert	26
PreciSSIon: a collaborative initiative to reduce surgical site infections after elective colorectal surgery	26
Near-field airborne particle concentrations in young children undergoing high-flow nasal cannula therapy: a pilot study	26
Evaluation of indoor hospital acclimatization of body temperature before COVID-19 fever screening	26
Comparison of different regimens of short-term antibiotic prophylaxis in transrectal prostate biopsy	25
Remaining agile – post-pandemic prevention of SARS-CoV-2 nosocomial transmission	25
Prevention of legionella infections from toilet flushing cisterns	24
Coping with contagions: maintaining infection prevention and control in an Irish tertiary hospital during COVID and a debilitating nationwide ransomware virus in May 2021	23
Editorial Board	23
Effectiveness of an electronic hand hygiene monitoring system in increasing compliance and reducing healthcare-associated infections	23
Impact of infection prevention and control practices, including personal protective equipment, on the prevalence of hospital-acquired infections in acute care hospitals during COVID-19: a systematic r	22
Distribution of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus on hospital surfaces in southern Brazil	22
Achromobacter species (sp.) outbreak caused by hospital equipment containing contaminated water: risk factors for infection	22
Infection prevention in induction chemotherapy for childhood acute leukaemia	22
A Danish hospital outbreak of SARS-CoV-2. Combining whole-genome sequencing with epidemiological links offers surprising new information	22
The truth is in the eye of the beholder; opportunistic pathogens in the dental unit	22
Evaluating the effect of Novarerus NV800 air purifier units during orthopaedic surgery to reduce bioburden in the air	21
Three-year hand hygiene monitoring and impact of real-time reminders on compliance	21
Exhaled Pneumocystis jirovecii output and detection of asymptomatic exhalation by facemask sampling in HIV-uninfected, immunocompromised patients	21
(Mis-)Judgment of infection risks is associated with additional workload among healthcare workers when treating isolated patients	21
Off-label novel application of diagnostic multiplex molecular platforms for environmental detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales	20
Editorial Board	20
Editorial Board	20
Day surgery: should we be worried about the occurrence of surgical site infection in outpatients?	20
Antimicrobial overuse in COVID-19 – reasons to remain vigilant as we approach the winter ‘twindemic’	20
Investigation of two cases of Mycobacterium chelonae infection in haemato-oncology patients using whole-genome sequencing and a potential link to the hospital water supply	20
A new quantitative method for determining patient risk for reusable medical device categorization based on using and interpreting Kremer's cleaning classification system	19
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of Clostridioides difficile infection in the intensive care unit: a KASID multi-centre study	19
Bacterial contamination of water used as thermal transfer fluid in fluid-warming devices	19
Comment on: Central-line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) burden among Dutch neonatal intensive care units	18

A two-ward acute care hospital outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 delta variant including a point-source outbreak associated with the use of a mobile vital signs cart and sub-optimal doffing of personal protectiv	18
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	18
Risk assessment of the mechanical spread of bacterial pathogens due to Lasius neglectus ants infesting a tertiary hospital	18
Genomic epidemiology of Corynebacterium striatum from three regions of China: an emerging national nosocomial epidemic	18
Procalcitonin in cerebrospinal fluid is not helpful for diagnosing external-ventricular-catheter-associated infection: a prospective study of diagnostic accuracy	18
Impact of central-line-associated bloodstream infections and catheter-related bloodstream infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis	18
Bactericidal efficacy of a low concentration of vaporized hydrogen peroxide with validation in a BSL-3 laboratory	18
Controlling a human parainfluenza virus-3 outbreak in a haematology ward in a tertiary hospital: the importance of screening strategy and molecular diagnostics in relation to clinical symptoms	18
How reliable are test results from 17 laboratories on the basis of EN 1500 for a hand rub based on 80% (w/w)?	18
Novel scores relevant to antimicrobial resistance and hospital-acquired infections developed with data from a multi-hospital consortium in the Parisian region of France	17
Incidence and risk factors of bacterial sepsis and invasive fungal infection in neonates and infants requiring major surgery: an Italian multicentre prospective study	17
A workflow for the detection of antibiotic residues, measurement of water chemistry and preservation of hospital sink drain samples for metagenomic sequencing	17
Evaluation of the substitution of poliomyelitis virus for testing virucidal activities of instrument and surface disinfection	17
Assessing the stability and sporicidal efficacy of oxidizing disinfectants	17
Active follow-up of patients identified with multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria to discontinue contact precautions and isolation measures	17
Initial Specimen Diversion Device® reduces blood culture contamination and vancomycin use in academic medical centre	16
YouTube and the 2022 Monkeypox outbreak: opportunities for awareness and infection control	16
Sink interventions in the ICU to reduce risk of infection or colonization with Gram-negative pathogens: a systematic review of the literature	16
Comparison of methods for sampling and detection of carbapenemase-producing organisms in clinical handwash basin drains in health care	16
Will we need water in the hospitals of the future? The role of water vs waterless systems – case for vs case against	16
Cleaning time and motion: an observational study on the time required to clean shared medical equipment in hospitals effectively	16
Impact of hospital environmental cleaning with a potassium peroxymonosulphate-based environmental disinfectant and antimicrobial stewardship on the reduction of hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile	15
Uncovering influential factors in human antibiotic prescribing: a meta-synthesis study informed by the Theoretical Domains Framework	15
More than rewards: Insights into a hospital infection prevention and control gamification strategy	15
Air quality in the periphery of operating rooms during surgery	15
Does pulsed lavage reduce the risk of surgical site infection? A systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Evaluation of the host-response biomarker interferon-γ-induced protein-10 in predicting SARS-CoV-2 infectiousness	15
Consumption of alcohol-based hand rub in French nursing homes: results from a nationwide survey, 2018–2019	15
Outbreak of ceftazidime-avibactam resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a COVID-19 intensive care unit, Italy: urgent need for updated diagnostic proto	15
Longitudinal mpox virus surface sampling in an outpatient setting	14
Dissemination of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 8 (USA300) in Taiwan	14
Spatiotemporal characteristics and factor analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infections among healthcare workers in Wuhan, China	14
Comparison of droplet spread in standard and laminar flow operating theatres: SPRAY study group	14
Review of decontamination protocols for shared non-critical objects in 35 policies of UK NHS acute care organizations	14
Monkeypox virus isolation from longitudinal samples from four patients to infer risk of onwards transmission: an interim analysis	14
Effectiveness of an enhanced antibiotic stewardship programme among paediatric patients in a tertiary hospital in Vietnam	14
Containment of procedure-associated aerosols by an extractor tent: effect on nebulized drug particle dispersal	14
Does high adherence to contact precautions lead to low in-hospital transmission of multi-drug-resistant micro-organisms in the endemic setting?	14
A comparison of persistence of SARS-CoV-2 variants on stainless steel	14
Impact of spatial separation for respiratory patients on emergency department flow process intervals and length of stay	14
Nasal high-flow oxygen therapy in COVID-19 patients does not cause environmental surface contamination	14
Cross-sectional prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in healthcare workers in paediatric facilities in eight countries	14
Critical points and potential pitfalls of outbreak of IMP-1-producing carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa among kidney transplant recipients: a case–control study	14
Healthcare-associated infections and the prescribing of antibiotics in hospitalized patients of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states: a mixed-methods systematic review	14
Efficacy of disinfectants for inactivation of Ebola virus in suspension by integrated cell culture coupled with real-time RT–PCR	13
A proposed classification system for opportunistic pathogens for improved healthcare infection prevention and control risk assessments	13
Educational intervention to improve infection prevention and control practices in four companion animal clinics in Switzerland	13
Impact of control measures including decolonization and hand hygiene for orthopaedic surgical site infection caused by MRSA at a Japanese tertiary-care hospital	13
A Bayesian spatiotemporal model for prevalence estimation of a VRE outbreak in a tertiary care hospital	13
Improved isolation of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales on selective-differential media extending the incubation time: an approach to strengthen the antimicrobial surveillance from rectal swabs	13
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a tertiary care public hospital in Singapore: resources and economic costs	13
Environmental sampling of innate hospital surfaces: a survey of current practices and the need for guidelines	13
Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and perceived challenges for healthcare workers on waterless intensive care unit (ICU) care at a neonatal ICU in Singapore	13
Specialists' opinion regarding factors related to wet loads after steam sterilization	13
Reflections on the past and perspectives on the future at the Healthcare Infection Society – 40th Anniversary special celebratory meeting	13
Applicability and limitations of quality indicator-based assessment of appropriateness in antimicrobial use: a comparison with expert opinion	13
Decontamination of a robot used to reprocess reusable surgical instruments	13
Not the entire picture: a pragmatic review on CAUTI	13
A fatal outbreak of neonatal sepsis caused by mcr-10-carrying Enterobacter kobei in a tertiary care hospital in Nepal	13
Emergence and dissemination of epidemic-causing OXA-244 carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli ST38 through hospital sewage in Norway, 2020–2022	12
Multi-drug-resistant micro-organism follow-up of carriership in a university hospital in the Netherlands	12
Insight into microbiological control potential of pathogens in a veterinary hospital	12
Too much ado about data: continuous remote monitoring of water temperatures, circulation and throughput can assist in the reduction of hospital-associated waterborne infections	12
Costs and resource utilization patterns in surgical site infections: a pre-COVID-19 perspective from France, Germany, Spain, and the UK	12
Whole-genome sequencing reveals two prolonged simultaneous outbreaks involving Pseudomonas aeruginosa high-risk strains ST111 and ST235 with resistance to quaternary ammonium compounds	12
COVID-19 and antibiotic consumption in the intensive care units of the Polish tertiary hospital	12
Simulated-use evaluation of rapid ChannelCheck™ cleaning test for optimal detection of organic residues in flexible endoscope channels	12
The CATERPILLAR study: an assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial comparing a taurolidine–citrate–heparin lock solution to a heparin-only lock solution for the prevention of central-line-associat	12
The effects of chlorhexidine, povidone-iodine and vancomycin on growth and biofilms of pathogens that cause prosthetic joint infections: an in-vitro model	12
A comprehensive qualitative investigation of the factors that affect surgical site infection prevention in cardiac surgery in England using observations and interviews	12
Barriers and facilitators for the implementation and expansion of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy: a systematic review	12
Residual risk of Pseudomonas aeruginosa waterborne contamination in an intensive care unit despite the presence of filters at all water points-of-use	12
Clinical challenge of diagnosing non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia and identifying causative pathogens: a narrative review	12
Empowered hospitalized patients are involved in shared decision making on antibiotic therapy: a quantitative analysis	12
Risk of carbapenemase acquisition and bacteraemia in patients with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in haematology wards under cohort isolation with different carbapenemase types: a retrospect	11
Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in augmented care: the molecular ecology and transmission dynamics in four large UK hospitals	11
Understanding routine (non-outbreak) respiratory protective equipment behaviour of hospital workers in different clinical settings – lessons for the future post-COVID-19	11
Key predictors and burden of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in comparison with meticillin-susceptible S. aureus infection in an Australian hospital setting	11
Cupriavidus spp. and other waterborne organisms in healthcare water systems across the UK	11
Environmental SARS-CoV-2 contamination in hospital rooms of patients with acute COVID-19	11

Cost-effectiveness of faecal microbiota transplantation compared with vancomycin monotherapy for early Clostridioides difficile infection: economic evaluation alongside a randomized controlled trial	11
Bacteriology of endotracheal tube biofilms and antibiotic resistance: a systematic review	11
Tailored care for cardiac health: risk stratification and gentamicin-infused collagen sponges to minimize cardiac device infections and healthcare costs	11
The challenge of endoscope reprocessing delays	11
An automated contact model for transmission of dry surface biofilms of Acinetobacter baumannii in healthcare	11
Cleaning and disinfecting surfaces in hospitals and long-term care facilities for reducing hospital- and facility-acquired bacterial and viral infections: a systematic review	11
Validity of self-reported compliance and behavioural determinants of observed compliance: an application of the COM-B hand hygiene questionnaire in nine Dutch hospitals	11
A critical review on the current state of antimicrobial glove technologies: advances, challenges and future prospects	11
Environmental colistin resistance at a medium-size hospital in Southern Brazil	11
Extensively-drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST307 outbreak strain from north-eastern Germany does not show increased tolerance to quaternary ammonium compounds and chlorhexidine	11
The characteristics of postgraduate antimicrobial stewardship education resources: a nationwide survey in Japan	11
Effect of an isolation-coping programme on patients isolated for colonization or infection with multi-drug-resistant organisms: a quasi-experimental study	11
Using the theory of planned behaviour to explain hand hygiene among nurses in Hong Kong during COVID-19	11
Compliance with a novel hand hygiene protocol tailored to non-sterile healthcare workers in the operating theatre	11
The cost-effectiveness of temporary single-patient rooms to reduce risks of healthcare-associated infection	11
Economic burden attributable to Clostridioides difficile infections in South Korea: a nationwide propensity score-matched study	11
World Health Organization World Hand Hygiene Day, 5 May 2024. SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign: promoting knowledge and capacity building on infection prevention and control, including hand hygie	11
Protracted transmission and persistence of ST80 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium clonal complex types CT2933, CT2932 and CT1916 in a large Irish hospital: a 39-month whole-genome sequencing s	10
SARS-CoV-2 viability on different surfaces after gaseous ozone treatment: a preliminary evaluation	10
Viral cultures, cycle threshold values and viral load estimation for assessing SARS-CoV-2 infectiousness in haematopoietic stem cell and solid organ transplant patients: a systematic review	10
A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever in a tertiary-care centre in Pakistan	10
Impact of specimen quality on the performance of culture rectal screening for multi-drug-resistant bacteria	10
Microbial contamination on ambulance surfaces: a systematic literature review	10
Corrigendum to “Hand hygiene-related clinical trials reported between 2014 and 2020: a comprehensive systematic review” [J Hosp Infect 111 (2021) 6–26]	10
Insights on catheter-related bloodstream infections: a prospective observational study on the catheter colonization and multidrug resistance	10
Is Clostridioides difficile diarrhoea associated with greater social deprivation in England?	10
Invasive fungal infection is associated with antibiotic exposure in preterm infants: a multi-centre prospective case–control study	10
Fungal and bacterial coinfections increase mortality of severely ill COVID-19 patients	10
Evaluation of a bipolar ionization device in inactivation of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, yeast, Aspergillus spp. and human coronavirus	10
Bacterial contamination of bone allografts in the tissue banks: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Corrigendum to Detection of influenza virus in air samples of patient rooms Journal of Hospital Infections 108 (2021) 33-42/10.1016	10
Prediction model of central nervous system infections in patients with severe traumatic brain injury after craniotomy	10
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	10
Antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacterales and Enterococcus faecium: a time series analysis	10
Effectiveness of mouth rinses against COVID-19: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	10
Octenidine exposure was not associated with reduced octenidine susceptibility of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an extended-care facility in Singapore	9
Lowbury Lecture 2021: tales of the unexpected in antibiotic resistance	9
Catheter salvage strategies in children with central venous catheter-related or -associated bloodstream infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Hinged surgical instruments: efficacy of double manual cleaning versus automated cleaning on biofilm removal	9
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of surgical site infection after orthopaedic surgery: an interrupted time series analysis of the nationwide surveillance database in Japan	9
Use of the quantitative antibiogram method for assessing nosocomial transmission of ESBL-producing Enterobacterales in a French hospital	9
Influence of surgical team activity on airborne bacterial distribution in the operating room with a mixing ventilation system: a case study at St. Olavs Hospital	9
Automated room decontamination: report of a Healthcare Infection Society Working Party	9
COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes during the first wave: are Care Quality Commission ratings a good predictor of at-risk homes?	9
Prevention of surgical site infections: a personal odyssey	9
Microbial contamination of dental unit water lines – a matter of following instructions	9
Hospital outbreak of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase type-1 (NDM-1) in Salmonella enterica with inter-species plasmid transmission	9
Use of 2% taurolidine lock solution for treatment and prevention of catheter-related bloodstream infections in neonates: a feasibility study	9
Accuracy of T2 magnetic resonance assays as point-of-care methods in the intensive care unit	9
Which antiseptic to use for a caesarean section? A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	9
Clinical study of antibacterial medical textiles containing polyhydroxyalkanoate oligomers for reduction of hospital-acquired infections	9
A bundle of infection control measures reduces postoperative sternal wound infection due to Staphylococcus aureus but not Gram-negative bacteria: a retrospective analysis of 6903 patient episodes	9
A new urinary catheter design reduces in-vitro biofilm formation by influencing hydrodynamics	9
A narrative review and update on drain-related outbreaks	9
Effect of prolonged exposure to disinfectants in the antimicrobial resistance profile of relevant micro-organisms: a systematic review	9
Positive rate for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in hospital water environment: a single-centre study in South Korea	8
Association Between Medication Use and Hospital-Acquired Infections: A Multicentre Case–Control Study	8
Comparing the quantitative fit-testing results of half-mask respirators with various skin barriers in a crossover study design: a pilot study	8
Bed-days and costs associated with the inpatient burden of healthcare-associated infection in the UK	8
Nurses' knowledge and implementation of antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention strategies in acute paediatric settings	8
Editorial Board	8
Impact of a surgical safety checklist on surgical site infections, antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial consumption, costs and mortality	8
Proposal for a definition to describe resistance to biocidal active substances and disinfectants	8
Decontamination of patient bathroom surfaces with 405 nm violet-blue light irradiation in a real-life setting	8
Profiles of central nervous system surgical site infections in endoscopic transnasal surgery exposing the intradural space	8
Outcomes of asymptomatic hospital employees in COVID-19 post-exposure quarantine during the second pandemic wave in Zurich	8
Clostridioides difficile infection following COVID-19: A nationwide analysis using routine surveillance data in Wales	8
Evaluating the Risk of Duodenoscope-Associated Colonization (DAC) and Duodenoscope-Associated Infection (DAI): A Prospective Observational Study	8
Healthcare-acquired clusters of COVID-19 across multiple wards in a Scottish health board	8
Prevalence and mortality rate of sepsis among adults admitted to hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Optimization and evaluation of new decontamination procedures inactivating human prions	8
Guidelines for the management of norovirus outbreaks in acute and community health and social care settings	8
Concordance between IDEXX Legiolert® (liquid culture assay) and plate culture (ISO 11731:2017) for the detection and quantification of Legionella pneumophila in water samples	8
A novel characterised multidrug-resistant Pseudocitrobacter isolated from a patient colonised while admitted to a tertiary teaching hospital	8
Predictors for onset of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli-induced bacteraemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Machine-learning-based risk assessment tool to rule out empirical use of ESBL-targeted therapy in endemic areas	8
Trends in the hand hygiene practices using alcohol-based hand rubs in Japanese hospitals before and after the novel coronavirus pandemic: an observational study using national surveillance data	8
Molecular surveillance of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in two nearby tertiary hospitals to identify regional spread of high-risk clones in Germany, 2019–2020	8
Patients with multi-drug-resistant organisms feel inadequately informed about their status: adverse effects of contact isolation	8
Monkeypox outbreak and global public interest in the disease	8
Risk of microbial transmission by reusing gloves after alcohol-based hand hygiene	8
Rising rates of hospital-onset Klebsiella spp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteraemia in NHS acute trusts in England: a review of national surveillance data, August 2020–February 2021	8
Screening medical students for SARS-CoV-2 to facilitate face-to-face clinical teaching and prevent onward spread to patients	8
Hand hygiene compliance and associated factors among healthcare workers in selected tertiary-care hospitals in Bangladesh	8
Patients' perspectives of healthcare-associated infection: ‘you don't know what impacts it will have on your life’	8
Effect of topical vancomycin powder on surgical site infection prevention in major orthopaedic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials with trial sequential anal	8
Factors predicting non-ventilated hospital-acquired pneumonia: systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Evaluation of the ability of commercial disinfectants to degrade free nucleic acid commonly targeted using molecular diagnostics	8
Influences on nurses' engagement in antimicrobial stewardship behaviours: a multi-country survey using the Theoretical Domains Framework	8
Risk factors and mortality associated with multi-drug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infection in adult patients following abdominal surgery	8
Survey of healthcare-associated sink infrastructure, and sink trap antibiotic residues and biochemistry, in 29 UK hospitals	8
When 2% chlorhexidine isn't 2%! Implications on MRSA decolonization guidelines	7
Preoperative antibiotics reduce early surgical site infections after orthopaedic implant removal: a propensity-matched cohort study	7
Under the HAI lens: pandemic learning for research priorities for IPC – a call to action	7
Under-mask beard covers achieve an adequate seal with tight-fitting disposable respirators using quantitative fit testing	7