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"First-person view" of pathogen transmission and hand hygiene - use of a new head-mounted video capture and coding tool.

scientific article published on 30 October 2017

'My five moments for hand hygiene': a user-centred design approach to understand, train, monitor and report hand hygiene

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A personal memory aid augmenting the ‘My five moments for hand hygiene’ concept

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A predictive model for identifying surgical patients at risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage on admission

scientific article published on 30 June 2008

Administrative data outperformed single-day chart review for comorbidity measure.

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Age limit does not replace serologic testing for determination of immune status for measles

scientific article published on 03 July 2007

An application of one-class support vector machine to nosocomial infection detection.

scientific article published in January 2004

Antibodies against platelet glycoproteins and antiphospholipid antibodies in autoimmune thrombocytopenia.

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Assessing the burden of healthcare-associated infections through prevalence studies: what is the best method?

scientific article published on 17 April 2014

Back to the future: rising to the Semmelweis challenge in hand hygiene

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Behavioural considerations for hand hygiene practices: the basic building blocks

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Caregivers' Perceptions of Patients as Reminders to Improve Hand Hygiene

scientific article published on 01 October 2012

Change of antibiotic susceptibility testing guidelines from CLSI to EUCAST: influence on cumulative hospital antibiograms

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Clinical impact of an infectious disease service on the management of bloodstream infection

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

Cockroaches (Ectobius vittiventris) in an intensive care unit, Switzerland

scientific article published on March 2009

Comparison of waterless hand antisepsis agents at short application times: raising the flag of concern

scientific article published in March 2003

Considerations for a WHO European strategy on health-care-associated infection, surveillance, and control

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Control of a cluster of community-associated, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in neonatology

scientific article published on 15 March 2006

Cost implications of successful hand hygiene promotion

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Creatine kinase MB during myocardial infarction: relationship to preexisting coronary heart disease and medication

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

Determinants of good adherence to hand hygiene among healthcare workers who have extensive exposure to hand hygiene campaigns

scientific article published on 6 September 2007

Disinfectants that do.

scientific article published in August 2000

Do high-touch surfaces in public spaces pose a risk for influenza transmission? A virologic study during the peak of the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in Geneva, Switzerland

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Does colonization with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus protect against nosocomial acquisition of methicillin-resistant S. aureus?

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Double-blind, randomized, crossover trial of 3 hand rub formulations: fast-track evaluation of tolerability and acceptability

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Educating healthcare workers to optimal hand hygiene practices: addressing the need ⬇️

scientific article published on September 21, 2010

Effect of perioperative mupirocin and antiseptic body wash on infection rate and causative pathogens in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

scientific article published on July 2015

Effect of screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage by polymerase chain reaction on the duration of unnecessary preemptive contact isolation.

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Efficacy and Safety of Glutamine-supplemented Parenteral Nutrition in Surgical ICU Patients: An American Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.

scientific article published on 22 October 2015

Endocarditis in older people

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Enhanced performance feedback and patient participation to improve hand hygiene compliance of health-care workers in the setting of established multimodal promotion: a single-centre, cluster randomised controlled trial

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Epidemiology of Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in a Neonatology Ward.

scientific article published on 20 August 2015

Evaluating the probability of previously unknown carriage of MRSA at hospital admission

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Evaluating the tolerability and acceptability of an alcohol-based hand rub - real-life experience with the WHO protocol

scientific article published on 6 May 2015

Evalutation of hand hygiene compliance in medical educational videos

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Evidence-based model for hand transmission during patient care and the role of improved practices

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Global outbreak of severe Mycobacterium chimaera disease after cardiac surgery: a molecular epidemiological study

scientific article published on 12 July 2017

Hand hygiene and healthcare system change within multi-modal promotion: a narrative review.

scientific article published on February 2013

Hand hygiene myths.

scientific article published on 29 June 2011

Hand hygiene practices and adherence determinants in surgical wards across Europe and Israel: A multicenter observational study

scientific article published on 15 April 2011

Healthcare-associated prosthetic heart valve, aortic vascular graft, and disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera infections subsequent to open heart surgery

scientific article published on 17 July 2015

High proportion of healthcare-associated urinary tract infection in the absence of prior exposure to urinary catheter: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 7 February 2013

High-value care in the surgical intensive care unit: effect on ancillary resources.

scientific article published on 23 February 2016

Immersive hand hygiene trainer for physicians – a story-based serious game

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Impact of drug resistance mutations on virologic response to salvage therapy

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Impact of observation and analysis methodology when reporting hand hygiene data

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Impact of positive legionella urinary antigen test on patient management and improvement of antibiotic use.

scientific article published on December 2004

Implementation of a patient participation strategy in a randomized controlled hand hygiene promotion study – a mixed-method qualitative and quantitative evaluation

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Implementation of infection control best practice in intensive care units throughout Europe: a mixed-method evaluation study.

scientific article published on 19 February 2013

In vivo detection of clonally derived methicillin-resistant/methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains is not a rare event

scientific article published on 19 March 2008

Infection control and hospital epidemiology outside the United States

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

Infection control--a European research perspective for the next decade

scientific article published on 9 December 2010

Infectious risk moments: a novel, human factors-informed approach to infection prevention.

scientific article published on 20 June 2014

Influence of time to diagnosis of severe influenza on antibiotic use, length of stay, isolation precautions, and mortality: a retrospective study

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Intervention-related increases in preoperative physical activity are maintained 6-months after Bariatric surgery: results from the bari-active trial.

scientific article published on 27 December 2016

Knowledge of standard and isolation precautions in a large teaching hospital

scientific article published in March 2005

Learning from imbalanced data in surveillance of nosocomial infection

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Legionnaires' disease in a renal transplant recipient: nosocomial or home-grown?

scientific article published on 01 September 2002

Long-term reduction of vascular access-associated bloodstream infection

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Low-hanging fruit for human factors design in infection prevention--still too high to reach?

scientific article published on June 2014

Management of viral haemorrhagic fevers in Switzerland

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Measuring the effectiveness of hospital-acquired infection prevention.

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Multi-resistant infections in repatriated patients after natural disasters: lessons learned from the 2004 tsunami for hospital infection control.

scientific article published on January 2008

Multidrug-resistant Organisms in Hospitals: What Is on Patient Hands and in Their Rooms?

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Mycobacterium chimaera Outbreak Associated With Heater-Cooler Devices: Piecing the Puzzle Together

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Mycobacterium chimaera infections associated with heater-cooler units in cardiac surgery

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Nationwide surveillance of nosocomial infections in Switzerland--methods and results of the Swiss Nosocomial Infection Prevalence Studies (SNIP) in 1999 and 2002

scientific article published in March 2004

Noninvasive Urinary Bladder Volume Estimation With Artifact-Suppressed Bioimpedance Measurements

scientific article published on 15 January 2024

Nosocomial bacteremia: clinical significance of a single blood culture positive for coagulase-negative staphylococci

scientific article published on 01 August 2005

Novelty detection using one-class Parzen density estimator. An application to surveillance of nosocomial infections.

scientific article published in January 2008

Nursing resources: a major determinant of nosocomial infection?

scientific article published in August 2004

O002: Patient and healthcare worker perception about patient participation in improving hand hygiene practices: impact of a patient participation intervention

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O038: Automated/electronic systems for hand hygiene monitoring: a systematic review

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O039: Patient participation and performance feedback to improve hand hygiene adherence in the context of established multimodal hand hygiene promotion: initial results from a mixed-methods, cluster randomised trial.

scientific article published on 20 June 2013

Osteomyelitis

scientific article published on 01 August 1999

Overall burden of healthcare-associated infections among surgical patients. Results of a national study

scientific article published on 01 February 2011

P167: The challenges of implementing patient participation in hand hygiene – results of a qualitative inquiry in the framework of a randomized controlled effectiveness trial.

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P168: Leadership styles of ward head nurses and implementation success – a qualitative inquiry in the framework of a mixed-method study on hand hygiene promotion through patient involvement

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P191: Validation tool to improve SSI surveillance in Swiss hospitals.

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Patients' beliefs and perceptions of their participation to increase healthcare worker compliance with hand hygiene

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Perforation and bacterial contamination of microscope covers in lumbar spinal decompressive surgery

scientific article published on 4 June 2014

Pilot study of interferon-alpha with and without amantadine for the treatment of hepatitis C in HIV coinfected individuals on antiretroviral therapy.

scientific article published in October 2001

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Nosocomial Infections in Hospitals of the Veneto Region, North-Eastern Italy

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Prevalence and prediction of previously unknown MRSA carriage on admission to a geriatric hospital

scientific article published on 11 July 2005

Prevalence of nosocomial infections in Swiss children's hospitals

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Preventing healthcare-associated infection in Switzerland: Results of a national survey

scientific article published on 13 April 2020

Quality standards for hospital hygiene in intermediate and large hospitals in Switzerland: a recommended concept

scientific article published on February 1999

Reduction of hospital-acquired MRSA as a result of increased use of hydoalcoholic handrub solution: a 7 year follow-up

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Reemergence of Mycobacterium chimaera in Heater-Cooler Units despite Intensified Cleaning and Disinfection Protocol

scientific article published on October 2016

Seasonal differences in central line-associated bloodstream infection incidence rates in a Central European setting: Results from prospective surveillance

scientific article published on 21 March 2019

Seven year experience with a mandatory training course within the Vigigerme® infection control program

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Silica nanoparticles with encapsulated DNA (SPED) - a novel surrogate tracer for microbial transmission in healthcare

scientific article published on 16 September 2020

Structure, Process, and Outcome Quality of Surgical Site Infection Surveillance in Switzerland.

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Successful implementation of the World Health Organization hand hygiene improvement strategy in a referral hospital in Mali, Africa

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Temporal effects of antibiotic use and hand rub consumption on the incidence of MRSA and Clostridium difficile

scientific article published on 8 May 2008

The World Health Organization hand hygiene observation method

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The best way to skin a cat: product consumption versus direct observation for monitoring hand hygiene performance

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The management of potential exposures to Cretuzfeld-Jakob Disease (CJD) via endoscopy

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The preventable proportion of nosocomial infections: an overview of published reports

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Timing of Chemical Thromboprophylaxis and Deep Vein Thrombosis in Major Colorectal Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

scientific article published on 22 July 2016

Transmission of Mycobacterium chimaera from Heater-Cooler Units during Cardiac Surgery despite an Ultraclean Air Ventilation System

scientific article published on 15 June 2016

Understanding patient preference for physician attire in ambulatory clinics: a cross-sectional observational study

scientific article published on 09 May 2019

Universal screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission and nosocomial infection in surgical patients

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Variation in nosocomial infection prevalence according to patient care setting:a hospital-wide survey

scientific article published on 01 May 2001

Ventilator-associated pneumonia as a quality indicator for patient safety?

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Ventilator-associated pneumonia: caveats for benchmarking

scientific article published on 3 September 2003

Videos in clinical medicine. Hand hygiene

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["Bad news" for nosocomial infections]

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

[Consequences of an unsufficient range of immunity in "pediatric" infectious diseases--example with measles]

scientific article published on 01 October 2005

[Social marketing: applying commercial strategies to the prevention of nosocomial infections]

scientific article published on 01 April 2009

[Successful strategies against increasing antibiotic resistance]

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

[What is your diagnosis?]

scientific article published on 01 August 2015

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