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Surveillance of extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae in a Swiss tertiary care hospital.

Fankhauser C, Zingg W, Francois P, Dharan S, Schrenzel J, Pittet D, Harbarth S.

Swiss Med Wkly. 2009 Nov 19. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19924582 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articlesFree article

Statewide hand hygiene improvement: embarking on a crusade.

Pittet D.

Med J Aust. 2009 Oct 19;191(8):S5-7. No abstract available. PMID: 19835529 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Healthcare-associated infection: moving behind headlines to clinical solutions.

Pittet D.

J Hosp Infect. 2009 Dec;73(4):293-295. Epub 2009 Oct 12. No abstract available. PMID: 19819585 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Methods to evaluate the microbicidal activities of hand-rub and hand-wash agents.

Rotter M, Sattar S, Dharan S, Allegranzi B, Mathai E, Pittet D.

J Hosp Infect. 2009 Nov;73(3):191-9. Epub 2009 Sep 3.PMID: 19729223 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Role of hand hygiene in healthcare-associated infection prevention.

Allegranzi B, Pittet D.

J Hosp Infect. 2009 Dec;73(4):305-315. Epub 2009 Aug 31.PMID: 19720430 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Surgical hand preparation: state-of-the-art.

Widmer AF, Rotter M, Voss A, Nthumba P, Allegranzi B, Boyce J, Pittet D.

J Hosp Infect. 2009 Aug 27. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19716627 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Hospital-wide surveillance of catheter-related bloodstream infection: from the expected to the unexpected.

Zingg W, Sax H, Inan C, Cartier V, Diby M, Clergue F, Pittet D, Walder B.

J Hosp Infect. 2009 Sep;73(1):41-6. Epub 2009 Jul 30.PMID: 19646788 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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

Longtin Y, Sax H, Allegranzi B, Hugonnet S, Pittet D.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Sep;30(9):830-9.PMID: 19642899 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nurses and physicians' perceptions of the importance and impact of healthcare-associated infections and hand hygiene: a multi-center exploratory study in Hong Kong.

Tai JW, Mok ES, Ching PT, Seto WH, Pittet D.

Infection. 2009 Aug;37(4):320-33. Epub 2009 Jul 27.PMID: 19636497 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evaluation of patients' mask use after the implementation of cough etiquette in the emergency department.

Longtin Y, Akakpo C, Rutschmann OT, Pittet D, Sax H.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Sep;30(9):904-8.PMID: 19622049 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The World Health Organization Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care and their consensus recommendations.

Pittet D, Allegranzi B, Boyce J; World Health Organization World Alliance for Patient Safety First Global Patient Safety Challenge Core Group of Experts.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Jul;30(7):611-22.PMID: 19508124 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Hand hygiene: revolution and globalization]

Pittet D.

Rev Med Suisse. 2009 Apr 1;5(197):716-8, 720-1. French. PMID: 19492514 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of national and subnational guidelines for hand hygiene.

Cookson B, Mathai E, Allegranzi B, Pessoa-Silva CL, Bagheri Nejad S, Schneider A, Tschopp C, Wendt C, Pittet D.

J Hosp Infect. 2009 Jul;72(3):202-10. Epub 2009 May 29. Review.PMID: 19481295 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The global impact of hand hygiene campaigning.

Kilpatrick C, Allegranzi B, Pittet D.

Euro Surveill. 2009 Apr 30;14(17). pii: 19191. No abstract available. PMID: 19422770 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: risk factors for infection, and long-term follow-up.

Longtin Y, Sudre P, François P, Schrenzel J, Aramburu C, Pastore R, Gervaix A, Renzi G, Pittet D, Harbarth S.

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009 Jun;15(6):552-9. Epub 2009 Mar 23. Erratum in: Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009 Aug;15(8):803. PMID: 19416294 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections: thinking outside the checklist.

Perencevich EN, Pittet D.

JAMA. 2009 Mar 25;301(12):1285-7. No abstract available. PMID: 19318658 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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

Uçkay I, Sax H, Longet-Di Pietro S, Baur H, Boulc'h MF, Akakpo C, Chevrolet JC, Pittet D.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Mar;15(3):496-7. No abstract available. PMID: 19239776 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[The main principles of prevention of infection also apply to ambulatory medicine]

Pittet D.

Rev Med Suisse. 2009 Jan 7;5(185):3-5. French. No abstract available. PMID: 19216317 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Preventing infections acquired during health-care delivery.

Allegranzi B, Pittet D.

Lancet. 2008 Nov 15;372(9651):1719-20. No abstract available. PMID: 19013310 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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

Harbarth S, Sax H, Uckay I, Fankhauser C, Agostinho A, Christenson JT, Renzi G, Schrenzel J, Pittet D.

J Am Coll Surg. 2008 Nov;207(5):683-9. Epub 2008 Jun 30.PMID: 18954780 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Alcohol-based rubs for hand antisepsis.

Pittet D, Dharan S.

Lancet Infect Dis. 2008 Oct;8(10):585-6. No abstract available. PMID: 18922477 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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

Uçkay I, Sax H, Iten A, Camus V, Renzi G, Schrenzel J, Perrier A, Pittet D.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Nov;29(11):1077-9.PMID: 18844467 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Religion and culture: potential undercurrents influencing hand hygiene promotion in health care.

Allegranzi B, Memish ZA, Donaldson L, Pittet D; World Health Organization Global Patient Safety Challenge Task Force on Religious and Cultural Aspects of Hand Hygiene; World Alliance for Patient Safety.

Am J Infect Control. 2009 Feb;37(1):28-34. Epub 2008 Oct 3.PMID: 18834738 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Healthcare-associated infections: think globally, act locally.

Marcel JP, Alfa M, Baquero F, Etienne J, Goossens H, Harbarth S, Hryniewicz W, Jarvis W, Kaku M, Leclercq R, Levy S, Mazel D, Nercelles P, Perl T, Pittet D, Vandenbroucke-Grauls C, Woodford N, Jarlier V.

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2008 Oct;14(10):895-907. Review.PMID: 18828851 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Re: help or hindrance? Is current infection control advice applicable in low- and middle-income countries? A review of the literature.

Storr J, Pittet D.

Am J Infect Control. 2008 Sep;36(7):499-501; author reply 501. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 18786456 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection.

Harbarth S, Huttner B, Gervaz P, Fankhauser C, Chraiti MN, Schrenzel J, Licker M, Pittet D.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Sep;29(9):890-3.PMID: 18785849 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Commentary: hand hygiene: it's all about when and how.

Pittet D.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29(10):957-9. No abstract available. PMID: 18754740 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Foreign body infections due to Staphylococcus epidermidis.

Uçkay I, Pittet D, Vaudaux P, Sax H, Lew D, Waldvogel F.

Ann Med. 2009;41(2):109-19. Review.PMID: 18720093 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cefuroxime prophylaxis is effective in noninstrumented spine surgery: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

Petignat C, Francioli P, Harbarth S, Regli L, Porchet F, Reverdin A, Rilliet B, de Tribolet N, Pannatier A, Pittet D, Zanetti G.

Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Aug 15;33(18):1919-24.PMID: 18708923 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comment on: Control of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae using a computer-assisted management program to restrict third-generation cephalosporin use.

Huttner B, Pittet D, Harbarth S.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2008 Nov;62(5):1165; author reply 1165-6. Epub 2008 Jul 25. No abstract available. PMID: 18658195 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Antibiotic prophylaxis before invasive dental procedures in patients with arthroplasties of the hip and knee.

Uçkay I, Pittet D, Bernard L, Lew D, Perrier A, Peter R.

J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2008 Jul;90(7):833-8. Review.PMID: 18591588 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Trial of alcohol-based hand gel in critical care units.

Mermel LA, Boyce JM, Voss A, Allegranzi B, Pittet D.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Jun;29(6):577-9; author reply 580-2. No abstract available. PMID: 18510471 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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

Vernaz N, Sax H, Pittet D, Bonnabry P, Schrenzel J, Harbarth S.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2008 Sep;62(3):601-7. Epub 2008 May 8.PMID: 18468995 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Healthcare-associated infections in neonates.

Zingg W, Posfay-Barbe KM, Pittet D.

Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2008 Jun;21(3):228-34. Review.PMID: 18448966 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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

Harbarth S, Fankhauser C, Schrenzel J, Christenson J, Gervaz P, Bandiera-Clerc C, Renzi G, Vernaz N, Sax H, Pittet D.

JAMA. 2008 Mar 12;299(10):1149-57.PMID: 18334690 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Infection control as a major World Health Organization priority for developing countries.

Pittet D, Allegranzi B, Storr J, Bagheri Nejad S, Dziekan G, Leotsakos A, Donaldson L.

J Hosp Infect. 2008 Apr;68(4):285-92. Epub 2008 Mar 10. Review.PMID: 18329137 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Geneva, Switzerland, 1993-2005.

Francois P, Harbarth S, Huyghe A, Renzi G, Bento M, Gervaix A, Pittet D, Schrenzel J.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Feb;14(2):304-7.PMID: 18258126 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Rapid and high-throughput genotyping of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates by automated multilocus variable-number of tandem repeats: a tool for real-time epidemiology.

Francois P, Hochmann A, Huyghe A, Bonetti EJ, Renzi G, Harbarth S, Klingenberg C, Pittet D, Schrenzel J.

J Microbiol Methods. 2008 Mar;72(3):296-305. Epub 2008 Jan 30.PMID: 18237794 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Novel microarray design strategy to study complex bacterial communities.

Huyghe A, Francois P, Charbonnier Y, Tangomo-Bento M, Bonetti EJ, Paster BJ, Bolivar I, Baratti-Mayer D, Pittet D, Schrenzel J; Geneva Study Group on Noma (GESNOMA).

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 Mar;74(6):1876-85. Epub 2008 Jan 18.PMID: 18203854 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

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

Uçkay I, Ahmed QA, Sax H, Pittet D.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Feb 15;46(4):557-63.PMID: 18199039 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Infection control in paediatrics.

Posfay-Barbe KM, Zerr DM, Pittet D.

Lancet Infect Dis. 2008 Jan;8(1):19-31. Review.PMID: 18156087 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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

Uçkay I, Sax H, Harbarth S, Bernard L, Pittet D.

J Hosp Infect. 2008 Jan;68(1):1-8. Review.PMID: 18079019 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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

Pittet D, Allegranzi B, Sax H, Chraiti MN, Griffiths W, Richet H; World Health Organization Global Patient Safety Challenge Alcohol-Based Handrub Task Force.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Dec;28(12):1344-51. Epub 2007 Oct 12.PMID: 17994514 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Healthcare-associated infection in developing countries: simple solutions to meet complex challenges.

Allegranzi B, Pittet D.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Dec;28(12):1323-7. Epub 2007 Oct 22. No abstract available. PMID: 17994510 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Management of Gram-positive bacteraemia.

Uçkay I, Harbarth S, Pittet D.

Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2007 Dec;20(6):561-7. Review.PMID: 17975404 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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

Uckay I, Hugonnet S, Kaiser L, Sax H, Pittet D.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Sep;28(9):1117-20. Epub 2007 Jul 3.PMID: 17932840 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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

Sax H, Uçkay I, Richet H, Allegranzi B, Pittet D.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Nov;28(11):1267-74. Epub 2007 Sep 6.PMID: 17926278 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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

Sax H, Allegranzi B, Uçkay I, Larson E, Boyce J, Pittet D.

J Hosp Infect. 2007 Sep;67(1):9-21. Epub 2007 Aug 27. Review.PMID: 17719685 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Infection control in countries with limited resources.

Lynch P, Pittet D, Borg MA, Mehtar S.

J Hosp Infect. 2007 Jun;65 Suppl 2:148-50. No abstract available. PMID: 17540260 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The First Global Patient Safety Challenge "Clean Care is Safer Care": from launch to current progress and achievements.

Allegranzi B, Storr J, Dziekan G, Leotsakos A, Donaldson L, Pittet D.

J Hosp Infect. 2007 Jun;65 Suppl 2:115-23.PMID: 17540254 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles