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| 1 | Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999 | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 1999 | 3,835 |
| 2 | Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults: 2010 Update by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2010 | 2,736 |
| 3 | Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens Associated With Healthcare-Associated Infections: Annual Summary of Data Reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006–2007 | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2008 | 2,514 |
| 4 | CDC Definitions of Nosocomial Surgical Site Infections, 1992: A Modification of CDC Definitions of Surgical Wound Infections | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 1992 | 1,858 |
| 5 | The Impact of Surgical-Site Infections in the 1990s: Attributable Mortality, Excess Length of Hospitalization, And Extra Costs | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 1999 | 1,473 |
| 6 | Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens Associated with Healthcare-Associated Infections Summary of Data Reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009–2010 | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2013 | 1,341 |
| 7 | SHEA Guideline for Preventing Nosocomial Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Strains ofStaphylococcus aureusandEnterococcus | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2003 | 1,331 |
| 8 | SHEA Guideline for Preventing Nosocomial Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Strains ofStaphylococcus aureusandEnterococcus | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2003 | 1,134 |
| 9 | Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter–Related Infections | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2002 | 1,027 |
| 10 | Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens Associated With Healthcare-Associated Infections: Summary of Data Reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011–2014 | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2016 | 996 |
| 11 | Antibiotics versus biofilm: an emerging battleground in microbial communities | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control | 2019 | 959 |
| 12 | Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings: Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2002 | 940 |
| 13 | Estimating the Proportion of Healthcare-Associated Infections That Are Reasonably Preventable and the Related Mortality and Costs | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2011 | 904 |
| 14 | Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections 2009 | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2010 | 891 |
| 15 | Nosocomial Infections in Combined Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Units in the United States | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2000 | 859 |
| 16 | Systematic Review of Studies on Compliance with Hand Hygiene Guidelines in Hospital Care | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2010 | 853 |
| 17 | Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 1996 | 836 |
| 18 | The Impact of Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia on Patient Outcomes: Mortality, Length of Stay, and Hospital Charges | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2005 | 797 |
| 19 | The threat of antimicrobial resistance in developing countries: causes and control strategies | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control | 2017 | 792 |
| 20 | Outcomes of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection and the Impact of Antimicrobial and Adjunctive Therapies | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2008 | 784 |
| 21 | The Impact of Surgical-Site Infections Following Orthopedic Surgery at a Community Hospital and a University Hospital Adverse Quality of Life, Excess Length of Stay, and Extra Cost | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2002 | 781 |
| 22 | Strategies to Prevent Surgical Site Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2014 | 780 |
| 23 | Prevention of Central Venous Catheter-Related Infections by Using Maximal Sterile Barrier Precautions during Insertion | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 1994 | 696 |
| 24 | The World Health Organization Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care and Their Consensus Recommendations | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2009 | 610 |
| 25 | A Large Outbreak ofClostridium difficile–Associated Disease with an Unexpected Proportion of Deaths and Colectomies at a Teaching Hospital Following Increased Fluoroquinolone Use | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2005 | 585 |
| 26 | Policy Statement on Antimicrobial Stewardship by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2012 | 584 |
| 27 | Impact of Switching from an Open to a Closed Infusion System on Rates of Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection: A Meta-analysis of Time-Sequence Cohort Studies in 4 Countries | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2011 | 571 |
| 28 | Environmental Contamination Due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Possible Infection Control Implications | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 1997 | 569 |
| 29 | First hospital outbreak of the globally emerging Candida auris in a European hospital | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control | 2016 | 566 |
| 30 | Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea and Colitis | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 1995 | 555 |
| 31 | Higher Incidence of Catheter-Related Bacteremia in Jugular Site with Tracheostomy than in Femoral Site | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2010 | 533 |
| 32 | The Role Played by Contaminated Surfaces in the Transmission of Nosocomial Pathogens | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2011 | 533 |
| 33 | Recommendations for Surveillance of Clostridium difficile–Associated Disease | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2007 | 530 |
| 34 | Review on plant antimicrobials: a mechanistic viewpoint | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control | 2019 | 510 |
| 35 | The Association of Diabetes and Glucose Control With Surgical-Site Infections Among Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2001 | 508 |
| 36 | Improving Compliance With Hand Hygiene in Hospitals | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2000 | 459 |
| 37 | Mechanisms of Actions of Sodium Hypochlorite in Cleaning and Disinfection Processes | Biocontrol Science | 2006 | 451 |
| 38 | Recommendations for Preventing the Spread of Vancomycin Resistance | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 1995 | 438 |
| 39 | Strategies to Prevent Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2014 | 428 |
| 40 | Strategies to Prevent Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections in Acute Care Hospitals | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2008 | 413 |
| 41 | Diabetes and Risk of Surgical Site Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2016 | 413 |
| 42 | Antimicrobial-resistant pathogens associated with adult healthcare-associated infections: Summary of data reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2015–2017 | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2020 | 412 |
| 43 | How urbanization affects the epidemiology of emerging infectious diseases | Infection Ecology and Epidemiology | 2015 | 390 |
| 44 | Strategies to Prevent Surgical Site Infections in Acute Care Hospitals | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2008 | 386 |
| 45 | Escalating infection control response to the rapidly evolving epidemiology of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2020 | 383 |
| 46 | How to Select and Interpret Molecular Strain Typing Methods for Epidemiological Studies of Bacterial Infections: A Review for Healthcare Epidemiologists | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 1997 | 378 |
| 47 | Excess Mortality, Hospital Stay, and Cost Due to Candidemia: A Case-Control Study Using Data From Population-Based Candidemia Surveillance | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2005 | 378 |
| 48 | Catheter associated urinary tract infections | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control | 2014 | 378 |
| 49 | Guideline for Prevention of Intravascular-Device-Related Infections | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 1996 | 375 |
| 50 | Nosocomial Infections in Pediatric Patients A European, Multicenter Prospective Study | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2000 | 375 |
| 51 | Acquisition of Nosocomial Pathogens on Hands After Contact With Environmental Surfaces Near Hospitalized Patients | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2004 | 373 |
| 52 | Favorable Impact of a Multidisciplinary Antibiotic Management Program Conducted During 7 Years | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2003 | 372 |
| 53 | Estimating the burden of antimicrobial resistance: a systematic literature review | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control | 2018 | 372 |
| 54 | Development of Minimum Criteria for the Initiation of Antibiotics in Residents of Long-Term–Care Facilities: Results of a Consensus Conference | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2001 | 370 |
| 55 | Attributable Mortality Rate for Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteremia | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2009 | 354 |
| 56 | AcinetobacterOutbreaks, 1977–2000 | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2003 | 352 |
| 57 | Strategies to Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2014 | 351 |
| 58 | Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 1996 | 344 |
| 59 | Improving Risk-Adjusted Measures of Surgical Site Infection for the National Healthcare Safely Network | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2011 | 339 |
| 60 | Attributable Morbidity and Mortality of Catheter-Related Septicemia in Critically Ill Patients: a Matched, Risk-Adjusted, Cohort Study | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 1999 | 333 |
| 61 | Antimicrobial resistance: a global view from the 2013 World Healthcare-Associated Infections Forum | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control | 2013 | 330 |
| 62 | No Time for Handwashing!? Handwashing versus Alcoholic Rub: Can We Afford 100% Compliance? | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 1997 | 329 |
| 63 | Infection Prevention and Control Guideline for Cystic Fibrosis: 2013 Update | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2014 | 329 |
| 64 | Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Disease: Epidemiology and Clinical Characteristics | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 1999 | 326 |
| 65 | Selected Aspects of the Socioeconomic Impact of Nosocomial Infections: Morbidity, Mortality, Cost, and Prevention | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 1996 | 318 |
| 66 | Identification of COVID-19 can be quicker through artificial intelligence framework using a mobile phone–based survey when cities and towns are under quarantine | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2020 | 318 |
| 67 | Comparison of the Burdens of Hospital-Onset, Healthcare Facility-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection and of Healthcare-Associated Infection due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Community Hospitals | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2011 | 316 |
| 68 | Outbreak of Multidrug-ResistantPseudomonas aeruginosaColonization and Infection Secondary to Imperfect Intensive Care Unit Room Design | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2009 | 313 |
| 69 | The Role of Understaffing in Central Venous Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infection | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 1996 | 312 |
| 70 | Economic Impact of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in a Large Matched Cohort | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2012 | 312 |
| 71 | Core components for effective infection prevention and control programmes: new WHO evidence-based recommendations | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control | 2017 | 312 |
| 72 | Why Healthcare Workers Don't Wash Their Hands: A Behavioral Explanation | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2006 | 304 |
| 73 | Copper Surfaces Reduce the Rate of Healthcare-Acquired Infections in the Intensive Care Unit | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2013 | 303 |
| 74 | Modern technologies for improving cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces in hospitals | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control | 2016 | 303 |
| 75 | Nosocomial Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-SusceptibleStaphylococcus AureusPrimary Bacteremia: At What Costs? | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 1999 | 296 |
| 76 | Outbreak ofEnterobacter cloacaeRelated to Understaffing, Overcrowding, and Poor Hygiene Practices | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 1999 | 292 |
| 77 | Updated US Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2013 | 292 |
| 78 | Strategies to Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Acute Care Hospitals | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2008 | 290 |
| 79 | The Emerging Infectious Challenge of Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease in Massachusetts Hospitals: Clinical and Economic Consequences | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2007 | 288 |
| 80 | Strategies to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2014 | 288 |
| 81 | Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus: Is a Major Risk Factor for Surgical-Site Infections in Orthopedic Surgery | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2000 | 286 |
| 82 | Progress and Challenges in Implementing the Research on ESKAPE Pathogens | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2010 | 286 |
| 83 | Risk Factors and Clinical Impact of Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-Producing K. pneumoniae | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2009 | 284 |
| 84 | The Risk of Bloodstream Infection Associated with Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters Compared with Central Venous Catheters in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2013 | 284 |
| 85 | Ready for a world without antibiotics? The Pensières Antibiotic Resistance Call to Action | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control | 2012 | 282 |
| 86 | Surveillance Definitions of Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities: Revisiting the McGeer Criteria | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2012 | 281 |
| 87 | Impact of an Environmental Cleaning Intervention on the Presence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci on Surfaces in Intensive Care Unit Rooms | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2008 | 280 |
| 88 | Evaluation of Hospital Room Assignment and Acquisition of Clostridium difficile Infection | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2011 | 279 |
| 89 | Strategies to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Acute Care Hospitals | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2008 | 278 |
| 90 | A Causal Link Between Handwashing and Risk of Infection? Examination of the Evidence | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 1988 | 277 |
| 91 | Risk of Hand or Glove Contamination After Contact With Patients Colonized With Vancomycin-ResistantEnterococcusor the Colonized Patients' Environment | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2008 | 270 |
| 92 | “Colonization Pressure” and Risk of Acquisition of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Medical Intensive Care Unit | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2000 | 268 |
| 93 | Value of hospital antimicrobial stewardship programs [ASPs]: a systematic review | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control | 2019 | 267 |
| 94 | Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term–Care Facilities | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2001 | 264 |
| 95 | A Prolonged Outbreak ofPseudomonas Aeruginosain a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Did Staff Fingernails Play a Role in Disease Transmission? | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2000 | 257 |
| 96 | Persistence of Skin Contamination and Environmental Shedding ofClostridium difficileduring and after Treatment of C.difficileInfection | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2010 | 257 |
| 97 | Risk Factors for Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Failure: A Multivariate Analysis of Data from a Randomized Controlled Trial | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2014 | 255 |
| 98 | Selected Aspects of the Socioeconomic Impact of Nosocomial Infections: Morbidity, Mortality, Cost, and Prevention | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 1996 | 254 |
| 99 | An Outbreak of Multidrug-ResistantPseudomonas AeruginosaAssociated with Increased Risk of Patient Death in an Intensive Care Unit | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2002 | 245 |
| 100 | Compliance With Antiseptic Hand Rub Use in Intensive Care Units The Hawthorne Effect | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2006 | 245 |
