ReviewInfection and drug resistance2018
Health care-associated infections - an overview.
Review in Infection and drug resistance, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04873557 (Copper Use as Protection Against Antimicrobial Resistance in the ICU), which is not on this map. Cited by 549 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Copper Use as Protection Against Antimicrobial Resistance in the ICU
Who cites it
549 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,143 citations in OpenAlex.
- Nursing Students' Knowledge Among Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence and types of health care associated infections in Nigeria.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Factors influencing patient safety incident reporting in African healthcare organisations: a systematic integrative review.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- Incidence, risk factors and outcomes of nosocomial infection in adult patients supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Critical care (London, England) · 2024Pooled it
- An economic evaluation of a hospital-wide bundle intervention to reduce hospital-acquired infections and bladder distension among hip fracture patients in Sweden.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2025Trial
- Unveiling the impact of colonic pH and pH-sensing receptors in blood pressure regulation.Gut microbes · 2026Review
- Usability and microbial validation study of an autonomous UV-C disinfection robot.Infection prevention in practice · 2026Article
- [Combination of radiotherapy and medicinal anticancer therapy with curative intent].Radiologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Temporal Trends and Epidemiological Patterns of Clinically Relevant Microorganisms in a Burn Unit: An 11-Year Retrospective Study from a Tertiary Hospital in Southern Brazil.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Activity of Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) Identified Via an Integrated in Silico and Pilot in Vitro Screening Approach Towards ESKAPE Pathogens.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026Article
- Scanner-Measured Hand Hygiene Performance After Automated Visual Feedback-Supported Training: A Multicenter Quality Improvement Project in Italian Hospitals.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2026Article
- Self-amplifying mRNA vaccine cocktail against Staphylococcus aureus: A multi-epitope immunoinformatics and structural simulation framework.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Article
- Beyond the Reported Numbers:Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Unveiling the Role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Quorum Sensing Inhibitors: The Road So Far.Chemical record (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Review
- Functional Implications of Marine Biosurfactants and Their Therapeutic Potential Against Alzheimer's Disease.Food science & nutrition · 2026Review
- Patterns of early-life microbial exposure and infection risk in hospital-born neonates in a tertiary hospital setting in Ghana.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Environmental Application of Newly Designed Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Kits for Nosocomial Pathogen Detection in Hospital Settings.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Prevalence and determinants of microbiologically unconfirmed healthcare-associated infections among hospitalized patients in Western Sierra Leone, 2024: a point prevalence survey.Infection prevention in practice · 2026Article
- Acute medicine and the urgent care crisis: From pressure point to system solution.Future healthcare journal · 2026Article
- Phase-Dependent MoSInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
489 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Health care-associated infections (HCAIs) are infections that occur while receiving health care, developed in a hospital or other health care facility that first appear 48 hours or more after hospital admission, or within 30 days after having received health care. Multiple studies indicate that the common types of adverse events affecting hospitalized patients are adverse drug events, HCAIs, and surgical complications. The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention identifies that nearly 1.7 million hospitalized patients annually acquire HCAIs while being treated for other health issues and that more than 98,000 patients (one in 17) die due to these. Several studies suggest that simple infection-control procedures such as cleaning hands with an alcohol-based hand rub can help prevent HCAIs and save lives, reduce morbidity, and minimize health care costs. Routine educational interventions for health care professionals can help change their hand-washing practices to prevent the spread of infection. In support of this, the WHO has produced guidelines to promote hand-washing practices among member countries.
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