2(top 8%)
Impact Factor
2.2(top 8%)
extended IF
155(top 2%)
H-Index
3.2K
authors
11.5K
papers
219.7K
citations
7.2K
citing journals
49.9K
citing authors

Most Cited Articles of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

TitleYearCitations
Guideline for prevention of surgical site infection, 1999. Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee19993.1K
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)20102.4K
CDC Definitions of Nosocomial Surgical Site Infections, 1992: A Modification of CDC Definitions of Surgical Wound Infections19921.6K
NHSN annual update: 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, 2006-200720081.5K
The impact of surgical-site infections in the 1990s: attributable mortality, excess length of hospitalization, and extra costs19991.2K
SHEA guideline for preventing nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus and enterococcus20031.2K
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, 2009-201020131.1K
Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections2002875
CDC Definitions of Nosocomial Surgical Site Infections, 1992: A Modification of CDC Definitions of Surgical Wound Infections1992781
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 Force2002731
Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals1996724
Nosocomial infections in combined medical-surgical intensive care units in the United States2000712
The impact of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia on patient outcomes: mortality, length of stay, and hospital charges2005696
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, 2011-20142016634
Estimating the proportion of healthcare-associated infections that are reasonably preventable and the related mortality and costs2011629
Outcomes of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infection and the impact of antimicrobial and adjunctive therapies2008627
Systematic review of studies on compliance with hand hygiene guidelines in hospital care2010622
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 cost2002616
Guideline for prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections 20092010594
Prevention of Central Venous Catheter-Related Infections by Using Maximal Sterile Barrier Precautions during Insertion1994572
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 countries2011537
A large outbreak of Clostridium difficile-associated disease with an unexpected proportion of deaths and colectomies at a teaching hospital following increased fluoroquinolone use2005525
CDC definitions of nosocomial surgical site infections, 1992: a modification of CDC definitions of surgical wound infections1992521
Higher incidence of catheter-related bacteremia in jugular site with tracheostomy than in femoral site2010519
Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 update2014498