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 … JM Boyce, D Pittet Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 23 (S12), S3-S40, 2002 | 4754 | 2002 |
Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene D Pittet, S Hugonnet, S Harbarth, P Mourouga, V Sauvan, S Touveneau, ... The Lancet 356 (9238), 1307-1312, 2000 | 3694 | 2000 |
The natural history of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS): a prospective study MS Rangel-Frausto, D Pittet, M Costigan, T Hwang, CS Davis, RP Wenzel Jama 273 (2), 117-123, 1995 | 3107 | 1995 |
Burden of endemic health-care-associated infection in developing countries: systematic review and meta-analysis B Allegranzi, SB Nejad, C Combescure, W Graafmans, H Attar, ... The Lancet 377 (9761), 228-241, 2011 | 3008 | 2011 |
Nosocomial bloodstream infection in critically iii patients: Excess length of stay, extra costs, and attributable mortality D Pittet, D Tarara, RP Wenzel Jama 271 (20), 1598-1601, 1994 | 2100 | 1994 |
Role of hand hygiene in healthcare-associated infection prevention B Allegranzi, D Pittet Journal of hospital infection 73 (4), 305-315, 2009 | 1478 | 2009 |
Compliance with handwashing in a teaching hospital D Pittet, P Mourouga, TV Perneger, ... Annals of internal medicine 130 (2), 126-130, 1999 | 1473 | 1999 |
Diagnostic value of procalcitonin, interleukin-6, and interleukin-8 in critically ill patients admitted with suspected sepsis S Harbarth, K Holeckova, C Froidevaux, D Pittet, B Ricou, GE Grau, ... American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 164 (3), 396-402, 2001 | 1436 | 2001 |
Epidemiology of Candida species infections in critically ill non-immunosuppressed patients P Eggimann, J Garbino, D Pittet The Lancet infectious diseases 3 (11), 685-702, 2003 | 1307 | 2003 |
Global guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infection World Health Organization World Health Organization, 2016 | 1251 | 2016 |
Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in Geneva, Switzerland (SEROCoV-POP): a population-based study S Stringhini, A Wisniak, G Piumatti, AS Azman, SA Lauer, H Baysson, ... The Lancet 396 (10247), 313-319, 2020 | 1202 | 2020 |
Patient participation: current knowledge and applicability to patient safety Y Longtin, H Sax, LL Leape, SE Sheridan, L Donaldson, D Pittet Mayo Clinic Proceedings 85 (1), 53-62, 2010 | 1183 | 2010 |
Evidence-based model for hand transmission during patient care and the role of improved practices D Pittet, B Allegranzi, H Sax, S Dharan, CL Pessoa-Silva, L Donaldson, ... The Lancet infectious diseases 6 (10), 641-652, 2006 | 1164 | 2006 |
Candida colonization and subsequent infections in critically III surgical patients D Pittet, M Monod, PM Suter, E Frenk, R Auckenthaler Annals of surgery 220 (6), 751-758, 1994 | 1075 | 1994 |
‘My five moments for hand hygiene’: a user-centred design approach to understand, train, monitor and report hand hygiene H Sax, B Allegranzi, I Uckay, E Larson, J Boyce, D Pittet Journal of Hospital infection 67 (1), 9-21, 2007 | 1041 | 2007 |
Hand hygiene among physicians: performance, beliefs, and perceptions D Pittet, A Simon, S Hugonnet, CL Pessoa-Silva, V Sauvan, TV Perneger Annals of internal medicine 141 (1), 1-8, 2004 | 1015 | 2004 |
Improving adherence to hand hygiene practice: a multidisciplinary approach. D Pittet Emerging infectious diseases 7 (2), 234, 2001 | 978 | 2001 |
The World Health Organization guidelines on hand hygiene in health care and their consensus recommendations D Pittet, B Allegranzi, J Boyce, ... Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 30 (7), 611-622, 2009 | 975 | 2009 |
Nosocomial bloodstream infections: secular trends in rates, mortality, and contribution to total hospital deaths D Pittet, RP Wenzel Archives of internal medicine 155 (11), 1177-1184, 1995 | 890 | 1995 |
Micafungin versus liposomal amphotericin B for candidaemia and invasive candidosis: a phase III randomised double-blind trial ER Kuse, P Chetchotisakd, CA da Cunha, M Ruhnke, C Barrios, ... The Lancet 369 (9572), 1519-1527, 2007 | 878 | 2007 |