OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of American Journal of Infection Control is 29. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
APIC Masthead	198
Information for Authors	191
Improving Denominator Data for Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Surveillance	140
Information for Readers	102
Information for Readers	100
Information for Authors	96
Sustained Reduction of Microbial Burden and Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) Impact in Skilled Nursing Facility through Advanced Photocatalysis (AP) Technology	92
Table of Contents	74
Information for Authors	70
Developing a Pandemic Management and Response Framework for a Media Organization: A Case Study	57
Making Safety “Instrumental” Across the Facility—a Sterile Processing Journey to Standardize Pre-cleaning and Transport	57
COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Patient Flow Proactive Risk Assessment	49
How Does Blood Culture Collection Around the Time of Death Impact Mandated Reporting of Hospital Associated Infections?	45
Unique Challenges in Investigating a Cluster of COVID-19 Cases in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit	42
Implementation of a High-level Disinfection Audit Program to Standardize Processes and Improve Compliance at an Academic Health System	42
The Road to High Level Disinfection and Sterilization Competency in Ambulatory Clinics	42
Efficacy of chlorhexidine in advanced performance technology formulation in decolonizing the skin using Candida auris skin colonization mouse model	41
Evaluation of the physical performance of disposable isolation gowns	39
Latin American basic guidelines for cleaning and preparation of medical devices for sterilization	37
Wound colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and hypotheses about acquisition routes in rural health care settings in Sub-Saharan Africa: Perspective from a center devoted to th	36
Information for Readers	34
Duration of antibiotics through care transitions: A quality improvement initiative	34
Information for Readers	33
Patient-Centered Infection Prevention: Optimizing Pandemic Precautions in Two Communal Acute Care Settings	33
Introduction: Sterile processing in Latin America: Recommendations by a multinational expert panel	33

Corrigendum to: Intervention to reduce the incidence of nonventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia: A pilot study. [American Journal of Infection Control, 51/12 (2023) 1324-1328, 6552]	32
Editorial Board	31
Information for Readers	30
An automated best practice advisory increases both routine HIV screening and HIV cotesting with sexually transmitted infections in the emergency department	30
AJIC Disclosures	29
A model to guide outbreak response in congregate settings	29
Designing and Implementing CDC’s Project Firstline Micro-Learns: Innovative and Effective Infection Control Training Tools for the Front Lines	29