2017

Scientific Articles

unige:98982	Core components for effective infection prevention and control programmes: new WHO evidence-based recommendations	Storr, Julie; Twyman, Anthony; Zingg, Walter; Damani, Nizam; ... Allegranzi, Benedetta
unige:99347	Determinants of success and sustainability of the WHO multimodal hand hygiene promotion campaign, Italy, 2007-2008 and 2014	Moro, Maria Luisa; Morsillo, Filomena; Nascetti, Simona; Parenti, Mita; ... Pittet, Didier
unige:99367	Duration of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria - Authors' reply	Allegranzi, Benedetta; Pagani, Léonardo; de Jonge, Stijn; Boermeester, Marja A; Pittet, Didier
unige:99231	The Effect of Participating in a Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Surveillance Network on the Time Trend of SSI Rates: A Systematic Review	Abbas, Mohamed; Tartari, Ermira; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Pittet, Didier; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen
unige:99384	The global hand-sanitizing relay: promoting hand hygiene through innovation	Tartari, Ermira; Pires, D; Bellissimo Rodrigues, Fernando; De Kraker, M; ... Pittet, Didier
unige:99547	WHO's recommendation for surgical skin antisepsis is premature - Authors' reply	Allegranzi, Benedetta; Egger, Matthias; Pittet, Didier; Bischoff, Peter; ... Solomkin, Joseph

Professional Articles

unige:99508

Antimicrobial-coated sutures to decrease surgical site infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Wu, X; Kubilay, N Z; Ren, J; Allegranzi, Benedetta; ... Li, J

2016

Scientific Articles

unige:99500	New WHO recommendations on intraoperative and postoperative measures for surgical site infection prevention: an evidence-based global perspective	Allegranzi, Benedetta; Zayed, Bassim; Bischoff, Peter; Kubilay, N Zeynep; ... Solomkin, Joseph S
unige:99506	New WHO recommendations on preoperative measures for surgical site infection prevention: an evidence-based global perspective	Allegranzi, Benedetta; Bischoff, Peter; de Jonge, Stijn; Kubilay, N Zeynep; ... Solomkin, Joseph S
unige:106949	The 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa: Hands On	Vetter, Pauline; Dayer, Julie-Anne; Schibler, Manuel; Allegranzi, Benedetta; ... Pittet, Didier

2015

Scientific Articles

unige:73968	Hospital organisation, management, and structure for prevention of health-care-associated infection: a systematic review and expert consensus	Zingg, Walter; Holmes, Alison; Dettenkofer, Markus; Goetting, Tim; ... Pittet, Didier
unige:98766	Provision and consumption of alcohol-based hand rubs in European hospitals	Hansen, S.; Schwab, F.; Gastmeier, P.; Pittet, Didier; ... Allegranzi, Benedetta

2014

Scientific Articles

unige:39912	Antibiotic resistance needs global solutions	Aiken, Alexander M; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Scott, J Anthony; Mehtar, Shaheen; ... Grundmann, Hajo
unige:36490	Status of the implementation of the World Health Organization multimodal hand hygiene strategy in United States of America health care facilities	Allegranzi, Benedetta; Conway, Laurie; Larson, Elaine; Pittet, Didier;

2013

Scientific Articles

unige:36638	Global implementation of WHO's multimodal strategy for improvement of hand hygiene: a quasi-experimental study	Allegranzi, Benedetta; Gayet-Ageron, Angèle; Damani, Nizam; Bengaly, Loséni; ... Pittet, Didier
unige:37244	Hand hygiene and healthcare system change within multi-modal promotion: a narrative review	Allegranzi, Benedetta; Sax, Hugo; Pittet, Didier;
unige:39907	Local production of WHO-recommended alcohol-based handrubs: feasibility, advantages, barriers and costs	Bauer-Savage, Joanna; Pittet, Didier; Kim, Eunmi; Allegranzi, Benedetta;
unige:37247	Testing the WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework for usability and reliability	Stewardson, Andréw James; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Perneger, Thomas; Attar, H; Pittet, Didier

2012

Scientific Articles

unige:32507	Nationwide benchmarking of hand hygiene performance	Allegranzi, Benedetta; Stewardson, Andréw James; Pittet, Didier;
unige:32534	Norovirus outbreaks and alcohol-based handrub solutions: association does not prove causation	Longtin, Yves; Voss, Andreas; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Pittet, Didier;
unige:32506	Reply to: Kampf G, Ostermeyer C. World Health Organization-recommended hand-rub formulations do not meet European efficacy requirements for surgical hand disinfection in five minutes (J Hosp Infect 2011;78:123-127)	Allegranzi, Benedetta; Boyce, J M; Dharan, S; Kim, E M; ... Pittet, Didier

2011

Scientific Articles

unige:25476	Back to the future: rising to the Semmelweis challenge in hand hygiene	Stewardson, Andréw James; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Sax, Hugo; Kilpatrick, Claire; Pittet, Didier
unige:25474	Health-care-associated infection in Africa: a systematic review	Bagheri Nejad, Sepideh; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Syed, Shamsuzzoha B; Ellis, Benjamin; Pittet, Didier
unige:25500	Patient empowerment and multimodal hand hygiene promotion: a win-win strategy	McGuckin, Maryanne; Storr, Julie; Longtin, Yves; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Pittet, Didier
unige:25374	Promoting hand hygiene in healthcare through national/subnational campaigns	Mathai, E; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Kilpatrick, C; Bagheri Nejad, S; ... Pittet, Didier
unige:25478	Testing of the World Health Organization-recommended formulations for surgical hand preparation and proposals for increased efficacy	Suchomel, M; Kundi, M; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Pittet, Didier; Rotter, M L
unige:25483	Videos in clinical medicine. Hand hygiene	Longtin, Yves; Sax, Hugo; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Schneider, Franck; Pittet, Didier

Professional Articles

unige:24763

Burden of endemic health-care-associated infection in developing countries: systematic review and meta-analysis

Allegranzi, Benedetta; Bagheri Nejad, Sepideh; Combescure, Christophe; Graafmans, Wilco; ... Pittet, Didier

2010

Scientific Articles

unige:21191	Cluster-randomized, crossover trial of the efficacy of plain soap and water versus alcohol-based rub for surgical hand preparation in a rural hospital in Kenya	Nthumba, P. M.; Stepita-Poenaru, E.; Poenaru, D.; Bird, P.; ... Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen
unige:21122	Educating healthcare workers to optimal hand hygiene practices: addressing the need	Mathai, E.; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Seto, W. H.; Chraiti, M-N; ... Pittet, Didier
unige:20514	Prevention and control of health care-associated infections through improved hand hygiene	Mathai, E.; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Kilpatrick, C.; Pittet, Didier;
unige:20768	Successful hand hygiene improvement strategy in a referral children's hospital in Armenia	Bedat, B.; Mauler, F.; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Chraiti, M-N; ... Pittet, Didier
unige:9284	Successful implementation of the World Health Organization hand hygiene improvement strategy in a referral hospital in Mali, Africa	Allegranzi, Benedetta; Sax, Hugo; Bengaly, Loséni; Richet, Hervé; ... Pittet, Didier
unige:7687	Surgical hand preparation: state-of-the-art	Widmer, A. F.; Rotter, M.; Voss, A.; Nthumba, P.; ... Pittet, Didier

2009

Scientific Articles

unige:7152	Comparison of national and subnational guidelines for hand hygiene	Cookson, B.; Mathai, E.; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Pessoa-Silva, C. L.; ... Pittet, Didier
unige:7554	Methods to evaluate the microbicidal activities of hand-rub and hand-wash agents	Rotter, M.; Sattar, S.; Dharan, S.; Allegranzi, Benedetta; ... Pittet, Didier
unige:9397	Patients' beliefs and perceptions of their participation to increase healthcare worker compliance with hand hygiene	Longtin, Yves; Sax, Hugo; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Hugonnet, Stéphane; Pittet, Didier
unige:1957	Religion and culture: potential undercurrents influencing hand hygiene promotion in health care	Allegranzi, Benedetta; Memish, Ziad A.; Donaldson, Liam; Pittet, Didier;
unige:7072	Role of hand hygiene in healthcare-associated infection prevention	Allegranzi, Benedetta; Pittet, Didier;
unige:7382	The global impact of hand hygiene campaigning	Kilpatrick, C.; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Pittet, Didier;
unige:9423	The World Health Organization Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care and their consensus recommendations	Pittet, Didier; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Boyce, John;
unige:7562	The World Health Organization hand hygiene observation method	Sax, Hugo; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Chraiti, M. N.; Boyce, John; ... Pittet, Didier

2008

Scientific Articles

unige:910	Infection control as a major World Health Organization priority for developing countries	Pittet, Didier; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Storr, J.; Bagheri Nejad, S.; ... Donaldson, L.
unige:3391	Prevalence and risk factors for nosocomial infections in hospitals of the Veneto region, north-eastern Italy	Pellizzer, G.; Mantoan, P.; Timillero, L.; Allegranzi, Benedetta; ... Spolaore, P.
unige:7071	Preventing infections acquired during health-care delivery	Allegranzi, Benedetta; Pittet, Didier;
unige:1959	Trial of alcohol-based hand gel in critical care units	Mermel, Leonard A.; Boyce, John M.; Voss, Andreas; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Pittet, Didier

2007

Scientific Articles

unige:7563	'My five moments for hand hygiene': a user-centred design approach to understand, train, monitor and report hand hygiene	Sax, Hugo; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Uckay, Ilker; Larson, E.; ... Pittet, Didier
unige:7685	Behavioural considerations for hand hygiene practices: the basic building blocks	Whitby, M.; Pessoa-Silva, C. L.; McLaws, M. L.; Allegranzi, Benedetta; ... Pittet, Didier
unige:7571	Determinants of good adherence to hand hygiene among healthcare workers who have extensive exposure to hand hygiene campaigns	Sax, Hugo; Uckay, Ilker; Richet, Hervé; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Pittet, Didier
unige:7488	Double-blind, randomized, crossover trial of 3 hand rub formulations: fast-track evaluation of tolerability and acceptability	Pittet, Didier; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Sax, Hugo; Chraiti, M. N.; ... Richet, Hervé