| Prevention and management of febrile neutropenia in acute myeloid leukaemia and higher risk myelodysplastic syndrome : An international survey of current practice | British journal of haematology | | | 2026 | 10 | 118 |
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| Which randomized controlled trial do we need ? Routine replacement versus clinically indicated replacement for peripheral venous catheters for reducing bloodstream infections : a cluster-randomized controlled trial | Clinical microbiology and infection | | | 2026 | 13 | 0 |
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| Chlorhexidine vs Povidone-Iodine and Incidence of Catheter-Related Infections : A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | JAMA network open | | | 2026 | 20 | 269 |
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| Local infection signs at the catheter-insertion site : a large prospective multicentric cohort study | Clinical microbiology and infection | | | 2026 | 8 | 55 |
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| Prevention of arterial catheter-related bloodstream infections: current evidence and future directions | Critical care | | | 2026 | 11 | 17 |
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| First results of a national deployment of a fully automated central-line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) surveillance system, Switzerland, 2022 to 2023 | Eurosurveillance | | | 2026 | 8 | 44 |
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| Delayed intubation and 60-day mortality in severe COVID-19-associated acute respiratory failure in an emulated target trial using the OUTCOMEREA network | Scientific reports | | | 2026 | 4 | 4 |
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| Early detection and successful containment of Staphylococcus haemolyticus ST29 in a Swiss neonatal unit | The Journal of hospital infection | | | 2026 | 10 | 0 |
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| End-of-life antibiotic stewardship: perspectives from the ESCMID Study Groups for antimicrobial stewardship and infections in the elderly | Clinical microbiology and infection | | | 2026 | 10 | 0 |
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| Mortality of CC398 Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections among hospitalised patients in a Swiss university hospital : a retrospective cohort study | European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases | | | 2026 | 36 | 0 |
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| Infections in long-term care : Challenges in an ageing Europe | Intensive & critical care nursing | | | 2026 | 18 | 0 |
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| Implementation of an adaptable semi-automated nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (nvHAP) surveillance system in swiss acute care hospitals : a feasibility study | Infection control and hospital epidemiology | | | 2026 | 13 | 105 |
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| Screening for multi-drug resistance carriage and appropriate initial antibiotic treatment of ICU-acquired bloodstream infections | Clinical microbiology and infection | | | 2026 | 9 | 19 |
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| The relationship between diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship : trusting blood cultures alone in diagnosis of cholangitis | Clinical microbiology and infection | | | 2025 | 45 | 1 |
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| Increased incidence of blood culture contaminations during and after the COVID-19 pandemic | Infection | | | 2025 | 51 | 298 |
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| Adherence to national recommendations for the control of multidrug-resistant microorganisms in Swiss acute care hospitals - an updated national survey | Antimicrobial resistance and infection control | | | 2025 | 16 | 20 |
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| Shortening antibiotic therapy duration for hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in critically ill patients : a causal inference model from the international EUROBACT-2 database | Intensive care medicine | | | 2025 | 50 | 0 |
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| Determinants of empiric combination antibiotic therapy for hospital associated bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit | Scientific reports | | | 2025 | 17 | 73 |
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| β-Lactam vs Non-β-Lactam Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Surgical Site Infection | JAMA network open | | | 2025 | 17 | 172 |
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| Semi-automated surveillance of surgical site infections using machine learning and rule-based classification models | npj digital medicine | | | 2025 | 26 | 108 |
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| Incidence and Resistance Patterns of Citrobacter spp. in Switzerland : A Nationwide, Retrospective Surveillance Study (2010-2022) | Microorganisms | | | 2025 | 40 | 35 |
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| Hospital-onset bacteraemia and fungaemia as a novel automated surveillance indicator: results from four European university hospitals, 2018 to 2022 | Eurosurveillance | | | 2025 | 9 | 6 |
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| Interventions to prevent bloodstream infections associated with central venous access devices: priorities for an adaptive platform trial | American journal of infection control | | | 2025 | 42 | 129 |
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| Self-extubation in critically ill patients : from the French OUTCOMEREA Network | Critical care | | | 2025 | 30 | 339 |
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| Prognostic Impact of Early Appropriate Antimicrobial Therapy in Critically Ill Patients With Nosocomial Pneumonia Due to Gram-Negative Pathogens : A Multicenter Cohort Study | Critical care medicine | | | 2025 | 35 | 0 |
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| Dwell Time and Risk of Bloodstream Infection With Peripheral Intravenous Catheters | JAMA network open | | | 2025 | 53 | 241 |
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| Impact of Multifaceted Interventions Including Waterless Patient Care on Endemic Occurrence of Serratia marcescens in an Intensive Care Unit | Pathogens | | | 2025 | 50 | 92 |
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| Source control in bloodstream infections in patients with sepsis, septic shock, or requiring ICU admission : a scoping review with recommendations for standardizing research | Intensive care medicine | | | 2025 | 51 | 349 |
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| Impact of discontinuation of contact precautions on healthcare-associated ESBL-producing Escherichia coli in a large tertiary care hospital: an interrupted time-series analysis | Clinical infectious diseases | | | 2025 | 22 | 107 |
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| Digitalised measures for the prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections : a scoping review | Antimicrobial resistance and infection control | | | 2025 | 55 | 195 |
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| Risk Factors for Mortality Among Older Adults with Hospital-Acquired Bloodstream Infections in the Intensive Care Unit : A Multicenter Cohort Study | Infectious diseases and therapy | | | 2025 | 128 | 152 |
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| Secular trends of bloodstream infections in hemodialysis patients : insights from a longitudinal Swiss study | Antimicrobial resistance and infection control | | | 2025 | 40 | 143 |
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| Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections-25 years later | Infection control and hospital epidemiology | | | 2025 | 12 | 150 |
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| Sustained effect of a multifaceted VAP prevention program over more than seven years including the COVID-19 pandemic | Antimicrobial resistance and infection control | | | 2025 | 19 | 89 |
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| Shorter antibiotic courses for bloodstream infections can reduce healthcare spending : author's reply | Intensive care medicine | | | 2025 | 33 | 0 |
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| Reevaluating the safety of shortened antibiotic treatment : a critical evaluation of the EUROBACT-2 study. Authors' reply | Intensive care medicine | | | 2025 | 33 | 0 |
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| Myiasis in the intensive care unit : report from Switzerland and review of worldwide cases | Swiss medical weekly | | | 2025 | 42 | 389 |
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| Epidemiology of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in haemato-oncology patients in Geneva, Switzerland | Infection | | | 2025 | 45 | 249 |
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| Surveillance of catheter-associated bloodstream infections : development and validation of a fully automated algorithm | Antimicrobial resistance and infection control | | | 2024 | 144 | 311 |
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| Increase in PVC-BSI during the second COVID-19 pandemic year : analysis of catheter and patient characteristics | Antimicrobial resistance and infection control | | | 2024 | 68 | 156 |
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| Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Low-Risk Cholecystectomies is Associated with Fewer Surgical Site Infections : Nationwide Cohort Study in Switzerland | Annals of surgery | | | 2024 | 115 | 355 |
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| Presentation, management, and outcomes of older compared to younger adults with hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit : a multicenter cohort study | Infection | | | 2024 | 94 | 304 |
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| Collateral damages of a waterless intensive care unit | The Journal of hospital infection | | | 2024 | 50 | 0 |
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| Effect of adequacy of empirical antibiotic therapy for hospital-acquired bloodstream infections on ICU patient prognosis : a causal inference approach using data from the Eurobact2 study | Clinical microbiology and infection | | | 2024 | 73 | 0 |
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| Epidemiology of bloodstream infections caused by extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Switzerland, 2015-2022 : secular trends and association with the COVID-19 pandemic | The Journal of hospital infection | | | 2024 | 55 | 2 |
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| Central venous catheter-related infections : a systematic review, meta-analysis, trial sequential analysis and meta-regression comparing ultrasound guidance and landmark technique for insertion | Critical care | | | 2024 | 75 | 33 |
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| Microbiology of catheter associated bloodstream infection : differences according to catheter type | International journal of infectious diseases | | | 2024 | 64 | 302 |
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| Hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in critically ill cirrhotic patients : a post-hoc analysis of the EUROBACT-2 international cohort study | Annals of intensive care | | | 2024 | 78 | 349 |
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| Single-drug versus combination antimicrobial therapy in critically ill patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia due to Gram-negative pathogens: a multicenter retrospective cohort study | Critical care | | | 2024 | 130 | 197 |
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| The role of centre and country factors on process and outcome indicators in critically ill patients with hospital-acquired bloodstream infections | Intensive care medicine | | | 2024 | 90 | 272 |
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| Challenges and success stories of the implementation of infection control and antimicrobial stewardship strategies : proceedings of the 5th Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety, 2023 | Antimicrobial resistance and infection control | | | 2024 | 115 | 554 |
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| Treatment of positive catheter tip culture without bloodstream infections in critically ill patients. A case-cohort study from the OUTCOMEREA network | Intensive care medicine | | | 2024 | 85 | 369 |
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| Variability in forgoing life-sustaining treatment practices in critically Ill patients with hospital-acquired bloodstream infections: a secondary analysis of the EUROBACT-2 international cohort | Critical care | | | 2024 | 59 | 98 |
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| Insertion site and risk of peripheral intravenous catheter colonization and/or local infection: a post hoc analysis of the CLEAN 3 study including more than 800 catheters | Antimicrobial resistance and infection control | | | 2024 | 81 | 303 |
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| Expanding the use of mathematical modeling in healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention and control | Infection control and hospital epidemiology | | | 2024 | 524 | 645 |
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| Impact of intermittent versus continuous infusions on central line-associated bloodstream infection risk in haemato-oncology patients : a quasi-experimental study | The Journal of hospital infection | | | 2024 | 68 | 402 |
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| In-hospital outcomes of healthcare-associated COVID-19 (Omicron) versus healthcare-associated influenza : a retrospective, nationwide cohort study in Switzerland | Clinical infectious diseases | | | 2024 | 74 | 238 |
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| Risk factors for bloodstream infections due to carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales : a nested case-control-control study | The journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy | | | 2024 | 85 | 169 |
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| Catheter size and risk of short-term peripheral venous catheter-associated bloodstream infections: an observational study | Clinical microbiology and infection | | | 2024 | 124 | 175 |
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| Development and validation of selection algorithms for a non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (nvHAP) semi-automated surveillance system | Clinical microbiology and infection | | | 2024 | 53 | 146 |
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| D-PRISM : a global survey-based study to assess diagnostic and treatment approaches in pneumonia managed in intensive care | Critical care | | | 2024 | 93 | 53 |
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| Systematic scoping review of automated systems for the surveillance of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections related to intravascular catheters | Antimicrobial resistance and infection control | | | 2024 | 87 | 236 |
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| Controlling the hospital aquatic reservoir of multidrug-resistant organisms : a cross-sectional study followed by a nested randomized trial of sink decontamination | Clinical microbiology and infection | | | 2024 | 176 | 246 |
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| Risk of catheter-associated bloodstream infection by catheter type in a neonatal intensive care unit: a large cohort study of more than 1100 intravascular catheters | The Journal of hospital infection | | | 2023 | 125 | 329 |
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| Epidemiology and outcomes of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in intensive care unit patients : the EUROBACT-2 international cohort study | Intensive care medicine | | | 2023 | 107 | 259 |
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| Timing of Cefuroxime Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Its Association With Surgical Site Infections | JAMA network open | | | 2023 | 114 | 199 |
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| Which trial do we need ? Infectious and non-infectious complications of peripherally inserted central venous catheters and midline catheters | Clinical microbiology and infection | | | 2023 | 106 | 0 |
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| Development and validation of a multivariable model predicting the required catheter dwell time among mechanically ventilated critically ill patients in three randomized trials | Annals of intensive care | | | 2023 | 83 | 170 |
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| Executive Summary : A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute-Care Hospitals : 2022 Updates | Infection control and hospital epidemiology | | | 2023 | 101 | 167 |
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| Increase in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in Switzerland : a nationwide surveillance study (2008–2021) | Infection | | | 2023 | 68 | 77 |
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| Introduction to A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections In Acute-Care Hospitals : 2022 Updates | Infection control and hospital epidemiology | | | 2023 | 103 | 1,391 |
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| Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in COVID-19 Patients Admitted in Intensive Care Units : Relapse, Therapeutic Failure and Attributable Mortality—A Multicentric Observational Study from the OutcomeRea Network | Journal of clinical medicine | | | 2023 | 73 | 156 |
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| Increased Peripheral Venous Catheter Bloodstream Infections during COVID-19 Pandemic, Switzerland | Emerging infectious diseases | | | 2023 | 132 | 541 |
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| Predictive performance of automated surveillance algorithms for intravascular catheter bloodstream infections : a systematic review and meta-analysis | Antimicrobial resistance and infection control | | | 2023 | 121 | 140 |
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| Mortality, incidence, and microbiological documentation of ventilated acquired pneumonia (VAP) in critically ill patients with COVID-19 or influenza | Annals of intensive care | | | 2023 | 95 | 173 |
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| Association between the introduction of a national targeted intervention program and the incidence of surgical site infections in Swiss acute care hospitals | Antimicrobial resistance and infection control | | | 2023 | 66 | 159 |
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| Epidemiology and risk factors of 28-day mortality of hospital-acquired bloodstream infection in Turkish intensive care units : a prospective observational cohort study | The journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy | | | 2023 | 93 | 271 |
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| Comparison of clinical outcomes over time of inpatients with healthcare-associated or community-acquired coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) : A multicenter, prospective cohort study | Infection control and hospital epidemiology | | | 2023 | 122 | 91 |
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| The effect of duration of antimicrobial treatment for bacteremia in critically ill patients on in-hospital mortality – Retrospective double center analysis | Journal of critical care | | | 2023 | 189 | 331 |
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| Targeted mupirocin-based decolonization for Staphylococcus aureus carriers and the subsequent risk of mupirocin resistance in haemodialysis patients - a longitudinal study over 20 years | The Journal of hospital infection | | | 2023 | 185 | 294 |
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| Risk of infections in intravascular catheters in situ for more than 10 days : a post hoc analysis of randomized controlled trials | Clinical microbiology and infection | | | 2023 | 178 | 0 |
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| Risk factors for in-hospital mortality and secondary bacterial pneumonia among hospitalized adult patients with community-acquired influenza : a large retrospective cohort study | Antimicrobial resistance and infection control | | | 2023 | 88 | 218 |
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| Bacterial Pulmonary Co-Infections on ICU Admission: Comparison in Patients with SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza Acute Respiratory Failure: A Multicentre Cohort Study | Biomedicines | | | 2022 | 184 | 229 |
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| Development and validation of a multivariable prediction model of central venous catheter-tip colonization in a cohort of five randomized trials | Critical care | | | 2022 | 254 | 365 |
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| High adherence to national IPC guidelines as key to sustainable VRE control in Swiss hospitals: a cross-sectional survey | Antimicrobial resistance and infection control | | | 2022 | 173 | 300 |
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| Different epidemiology of bloodstream infections in COVID-19 compared to non-COVID-19 critically ill patients : a descriptive analysis of the Eurobact II study | Critical care | | | 2022 | 8 | 9 |
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| Use of Antimicrobials for Bloodstream Infections in the Intensive Care Unit, a Clinically Oriented Review | Antibiotics | | | 2022 | 112 | 397 |
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| Closing the knowledge gap in the prevention of intravascular catheter infections | | | | 2022 | 264 | 5 |
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| Lower risk of peripheral venous catheter-related bloodstream infection by hand insertion | Antimicrobial resistance and infection control | | | 2022 | 219 | 187 |
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| Catheter dressings | Intensive care medicine | | | 2022 | 218 | 0 |
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| Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update | Infection control and hospital epidemiology | | | 2022 | 402 | 211 |
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| Hypophosphatemia on ICU Admission Is Associated with an Increased Length of Stay in the ICU and Time under Mechanical Ventilation | Journal of clinical medicine | | | 2022 | 209 | 269 |
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| Short-course versus long-course systemic antibiotic treatment for uncomplicated intravascular catheter-related bloodstream infections due to gram-negative bacteria, enterococci or coagulase-negative staphylococci: a systematic review | Infectious diseases and therapy | | | 2021 | 244 | 557 |
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| Distribution of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in bacteraemia according to hospitalization duration: a nationwide surveillance study in Switzerland | Clinical Microbiology and Infection | | | 2021 | 267 | 340 |
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| COVID-19 increased the risk of ICU-acquired bloodstream infections: a case-cohort study from the multicentric OUTCOMEREA network | Intensive care medicine | | | 2021 | 104 | 450 |
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| Distribution of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in ICU-bloodstream infections during hospitalization: a nationwide surveillance study | Scientific reports | | | 2021 | 238 | 189 |
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| The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of positive blood cultures in Swiss intensive care units: a nationwide surveillance study | Critical care | | | 2021 | 247 | 186 |
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| Insertion Site and Infection Risk among Peripheral Arterial Catheters | American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine | | | 2021 | 90 | 0 |
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| Practices and intravascular catheter infection during on- and off-hours in critically ill patients | Annals of intensive care | | | 2021 | 97 | 228 |
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| Treatment duration of enterococcal intravascular catheter-related infections | Clinical microbiology and infection | | | 2021 | 239 | 184 |
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| Factors influencing local signs at catheter insertion site regardless of catheter-related bloodstream infections | Critical care | | | 2021 | 8 | 4 |
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| Mental health outcomes of ICU and non-ICU healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional study | Annals of Intensive Care | | | 2021 | 226 | 364 |
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| Comparison of Routine Replacement With Clinically Indicated Replacement of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters | JAMA internal medicine | | | 2021 | 240 | 0 |
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| Routine catheter-tip cultures for assessing catheter-related bloodstream infections in randomised-controlled trials | Anaesthesia critical care & pain medicine | | | 2021 | 248 | 423 |
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| Increasing proportion of vancomycin resistance among enterococcal bacteraemias in Switzerland: a 6-year nation-wide surveillance, 2013 to 2018 | Euro Surveillance | | | 2020 | 231 | 457 |
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| Management and Prevention of Central Venous Catheter-Related Infections in the ICU | Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine | | | 2019 | 56 | 0 |
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