| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | CDC/NHSN surveillance definition of health care–associated infection and criteria for specific types of infections in the acute care setting | American Journal of Infection Control | 2008 | 5,758 |
| 2 | CDC definitions for nosocomial infections, 1988 | American Journal of Infection Control | 1988 | 5,396 |
| 3 | Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999 | American Journal of Infection Control | 1999 | 2,444 |
| 4 | 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Health Care Settings | American Journal of Infection Control | 2007 | 2,284 |
| 5 | National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System Report, data summary from January 1992 through June 2004, issued October 2004 | American Journal of Infection Control | 2004 | 2,226 |
| 6 | CDC definitions of nosocomial surgical site infections, 1992: A modification of CDC definitions of surgical wound infections | American Journal of Infection Control | 1992 | 1,435 |
| 7 | National nosocomial infections surveillance system (NNIS): Description of surveillance methods | American Journal of Infection Control | 1991 | 1,339 |
| 8 | Management of multidrug-resistant organisms in health care settings, 2006 | American Journal of Infection Control | 2007 | 1,102 |
| 9 | National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System Report, data summary from January 1992 through June 2003, issued August 2003 | American Journal of Infection Control | 2003 | 961 |
| 10 | Surgical site infection: Incidence and impact on hospital utilization and treatment costs | American Journal of Infection Control | 2009 | 957 |
| 11 | Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections | American Journal of Infection Control | 2011 | 874 |
| 12 | National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) report: Data summary for 2006 through 2008, issued December 2009 | American Journal of Infection Control | 2009 | 853 |
| 13 | A qualitative study on the psychological experience of caregivers of COVID-19 patients | American Journal of Infection Control | 2020 | 850 |
| 14 | Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings | American Journal of Infection Control | 2002 | 849 |
| 15 | Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee | American Journal of Infection Control | 1999 | 825 |
| 16 | National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System Report, data summary from January 1992 through June 2004, issued October 2004 | American Journal of Infection Control | 2004 | 784 |
| 17 | CDC definitions for nosocomial infections | American Journal of Infection Control | 1989 | 755 |
| 18 | APIC guidelines for handwashing and hand antisepsis in health care settings | American Journal of Infection Control | 1995 | 698 |
| 19 | National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System Report, Data Summary from January 1990-May 1999, Issued June 1999 | American Journal of Infection Control | 1999 | 631 |
| 20 | Role of hospital surfaces in the transmission of emerging health care-associated pathogens: Norovirus, Clostridium difficile, and Acinetobacter species | American Journal of Infection Control | 2010 | 615 |
| 21 | Dissemination of health information through social networks: Twitter and antibiotics | American Journal of Infection Control | 2010 | 590 |
| 22 | Nurse staffing, burnout, and health care–associated infection | American Journal of Infection Control | 2012 | 566 |
| 23 | APIC guideline for selection and use of disinfectants | American Journal of Infection Control | 1996 | 475 |
| 24 | Triclosan: Applications and safety | American Journal of Infection Control | 1996 | 460 |
| 25 | National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) report, data summary for 2012, Device-associated module | American Journal of Infection Control | 2013 | 444 |
| 26 | Clinical and economic consequences of nosocomial catheter-related bacteriuria | American Journal of Infection Control | 2000 | 440 |
| 27 | Definitions of infection for surveillance in long-term care facilities | American Journal of Infection Control | 1991 | 430 |
| 28 | National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) Report, data summary from October 1986–April 1996, issued May 1996 | American Journal of Infection Control | 1996 | 403 |
| 29 | National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System Report, Data Summary from January 1992-June 2001, Issued August 2001 | American Journal of Infection Control | 2001 | 401 |
| 30 | Guideline for prevention of intravascular device-related infections Part I. Intravascular device-related infections: An overview | American Journal of Infection Control | 1996 | 391 |
| 31 | Triclosan: A review of effectiveness and safety in health care settings | American Journal of Infection Control | 2000 | 377 |
| 32 | Evidence that contaminated surfaces contribute to the transmission of hospital pathogens and an overview of strategies to address contaminated surfaces in hospital settings | American Journal of Infection Control | 2013 | 375 |
| 33 | Understanding adherence to hand hygiene recommendations: The theory of planned behavior | American Journal of Infection Control | 2001 | 362 |
| 34 | Willingness to get the COVID-19 vaccine with and without emergency use authorization | American Journal of Infection Control | 2021 | 358 |
| 35 | International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) report, data summary of 36 countries, for 2004-2009 | American Journal of Infection Control | 2012 | 356 |
| 36 | International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) report, data summary for 2003-2008, issued June 2009 | American Journal of Infection Control | 2010 | 355 |
| 37 | Airborne spread of infectious agents in the indoor environment | American Journal of Infection Control | 2016 | 355 |
| 38 | Systematic review with meta-analysis of the accuracy of diagnostic tests for COVID-19 | American Journal of Infection Control | 2021 | 354 |
| 39 | Positive deviance: A program for sustained improvement in hand hygiene compliance | American Journal of Infection Control | 2011 | 351 |
| 40 | Resistance in gram-negative bacteria: Enterobacteriaceae | American Journal of Infection Control | 2006 | 348 |
| 41 | Role of biofilm in catheter-associated urinary tract infection☆ | American Journal of Infection Control | 2004 | 341 |
| 42 | Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria | American Journal of Infection Control | 2006 | 332 |
| 43 | Efficacy of topical silver against fungal burn wound pathogens | American Journal of Infection Control | 1999 | 328 |
| 44 | Hospital safety climate and its relationship with safe work practices and workplace exposure incidents | American Journal of Infection Control | 2000 | 324 |
| 45 | Do N95 respirators provide 95% protection level against airborne viruses, and how adequate are surgical masks? | American Journal of Infection Control | 2006 | 317 |
| 46 | National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Report, data summary for 2006, issued June 2007 | American Journal of Infection Control | 2007 | 317 |
| 47 | The World Health Organization hand hygiene observation method | American Journal of Infection Control | 2009 | 311 |
| 48 | Susceptibility of SARS-CoV-2 to UV irradiation | American Journal of Infection Control | 2020 | 309 |
| 49 | APIC guideline for selection and use of disinfectants | American Journal of Infection Control | 1990 | 306 |
| 50 | Systematic review of economic analyses of health care-associated infections | American Journal of Infection Control | 2005 | 304 |
