| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Persistence of coronaviruses on inanimate surfaces and their inactivation with biocidal agents | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2020 | 2,758 |
| 2 | epic3: National Evidence-Based Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections in NHS Hospitals in England | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2014 | 988 |
| 3 | Behavioural considerations for hand hygiene practices: the basic building blocks | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2007 | 965 |
| 4 | The Second National Prevalence Survey of Infection in Hospitals—overview of the results | Journal of Hospital Infection | 1996 | 782 |
| 5 | Bacterial resistance to silver in wound care | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2005 | 726 |
| 6 | Role of hand hygiene in healthcare-associated infection prevention | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2009 | 725 |
| 7 | Transmission of SARS and MERS coronaviruses and influenza virus in healthcare settings: the possible role of dry surface contamination | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2016 | 639 |
| 8 | Non-albicans Candida spp. causing fungaemia: pathogenicity and antifungal resistance | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2002 | 626 |
| 9 | ‘My five moments for hand hygiene’: a user-centred design approach to understand, train, monitor and report hand hygiene | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2007 | 626 |
| 10 | Surgical site infections: epidemiology, microbiology and prevention | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2008 | 616 |
| 11 | epic2: National Evidence-Based Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections in NHS Hospitals in England | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2007 | 596 |
| 12 | Environmental contamination makes an important contribution to hospital infection | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2007 | 576 |
| 13 | Risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection | Journal of Hospital Infection | 1998 | 539 |
| 14 | Reasons for healthcare workers becoming infected with novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2020 | 535 |
| 15 | Impact of surgical site infection on healthcare costs and patient outcomes: a systematic review in six European countries | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2017 | 532 |
| 16 | Knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding COVID-19 among healthcare workers in Henan, China | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2020 | 507 |
| 17 | Factors involved in the aerosol transmission of infection and control of ventilation in healthcare premises | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2006 | 503 |
| 18 | Antimicrobial effect of surgical masks coated with nanoparticles | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2006 | 487 |
| 19 | The role of environmental cleaning in the control of hospital-acquired infection | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2009 | 467 |
| 20 | Guidelines for the control and prevention of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in healthcare facilities | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2006 | 456 |
| 21 | Implant infections: a haven for opportunistic bacteria | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2001 | 435 |
| 22 | Intention to get vaccinations against COVID-19 in French healthcare workers during the first pandemic wave: a cross-sectional survey | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2021 | 426 |
| 23 | Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a formidable and ever-present adversary | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2009 | 424 |
| 24 | Adverse impact of surgical site infections in English hospitals | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2005 | 419 |
| 25 | The preventable proportion of nosocomial infections: an overview of published reports | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2003 | 417 |
| 26 | Adverse effects of isolation in hospitalised patients: a systematic review | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2010 | 415 |
| 27 | Invited speakers' abstracts: Keynote lectures | Journal of Hospital Infection | 1998 | 403 |
| 28 | Revised guidelines for the control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in hospitals | Journal of Hospital Infection | 1998 | 388 |
| 29 | A review of dental implants and infection | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2009 | 386 |
| 30 | Knowledge, attitude, practice and perceived barriers among healthcare workers regarding COVID-19: a cross-sectional survey from Pakistan | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2020 | 382 |
| 31 | Bleeding and purging: a cure for puerperal fever? | Journal of Hospital Infection | 1996 | 376 |
| 32 | The rate and cost of hospital-acquired infections occurring in patients admitted to selected specialties of a district general hospital in England and the national burden imposed | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2001 | 370 |
| 33 | Acinetobacter: an old friend, but a new enemy | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2009 | 357 |
| 34 | Tackling contamination of the hospital environment by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): a comparison between conventional terminal cleaning and hydrogen peroxide vapour decontamination | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2004 | 354 |
| 35 | Efficacy of silver-coated medical devices | Journal of Hospital Infection | 1998 | 349 |
| 36 | How do we assess hospital cleaning? A proposal for microbiological standards for surface hygiene in hospitals | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2004 | 349 |
| 37 | Meta-analysis to assess risk factors for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2008 | 340 |
| 38 | Effects of cleaning and disinfection in reducing the spread of Norovirus contamination via environmental surfaces | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2004 | 330 |
| 39 | Proton pump inhibitors as a risk factor for Clostridium difficile diarrhoea | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2003 | 326 |
| 40 | Potential use of copper surfaces to reduce survival of epidemic meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the healthcare environment | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2006 | 325 |
| 41 | Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing organisms | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2009 | 316 |
| 42 | Genetic analysis of community isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Western Australia | Journal of Hospital Infection | 1993 | 314 |
| 43 | Bacterial biofilms within the clinical setting: what healthcare professionals should know | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2006 | 311 |
| 44 | Role of copper in reducing hospital environment contamination | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2010 | 300 |
| 45 | Morbidity and mortality associated withsurgical site infections: results from the 1997–1999 INCISO surveillance | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2001 | 299 |
| 46 | Nosocomial aspergillosis in outbreak settings | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2006 | 297 |
| 47 | Inactivation of feline calicivirus, a Norwalk virus surrogate | Journal of Hospital Infection | 1999 | 289 |
| 48 | Measurement of compliance with hand hygiene | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2007 | 289 |
| 49 | Bacterial resistance to disinfectants: present knowledge and future problems | Journal of Hospital Infection | 1999 | 286 |
| 50 | Surgical smoke and infection control | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2006 | 283 |
