Trends in surveillance indicators for central-catheter-associated bloodstream infections in a tertiary hospital in Switzerland

Authors: Obenhuber, T., Pfister, M., Reiber, C., Dunic, M., Falk, C., Zingg, W., Schreiber, P.W.

Source: In Journal of Hospital Infection December 2024 154:64-69

An outbreak of multi-drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii on a burns ICU and its control with multi-faceted containment measures

Authors: Obenhuber, T., Scheier, T.C., Stutz, T., Hug, M., Fontein, D., Kaiser, A., Schoene, S., Steiger, P., Brugger, S.D., Zingg, W., Schreiber, P.W.

Source: In Journal of Hospital Infection April 2024 146:102-108

Longitudinal increase in the detection rate of Mycobacterium chimaera in heater-cooler device-derived water samples

Authors: Schreiber, P.W., Zihlmann, R., Schärer, V., Hasse, B., Imkamp, F., Schulthess, B., Sander, P., Zingg, W.

Source: Journal of hospital infection. 131:190-193

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Explosive nosocomial outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in a rehabilitation clinic: the limits of genomics for outbreak reconstruction

Authors: Abbas, M., Robalo Nunes, T., Cori, A., Cordey, S., Laubscher, F., Baggio, S., Jombart, T., Iten, A., Vieux, L., Teixeira, D., Perez, M., Pittet, D., Frangos, E., Graf, C.E., Zingg, W., Harbarth, S.

Source: In Journal of Hospital Infection November 2021 117:124-134

Implementation of the infection prevention and control core components at the national level: a global situational analysis

Authors: Tartari, E., Tomczyk, S., Pires, D., Zayed, B., Coutinho Rehse, A.P., Kariyo, P., Stempliuk, V., Zingg, W., Pittet, D., Allegranzi, B.

Source: In Journal of Hospital Infection February 2021 108:94-103

Antimicrobial resistance in southern China: results of prospective surveillance in Dongguan city, 2017

Authors: Wang, J., Zhou, M., Huang, G., Guo, Z., Sauser, J., Metsini, A., Pittet, D., Zingg, W.

Source: In Journal of Hospital Infection June 2020 105(2):188-196

Effectiveness of antimicrobial stewardship programmes in neonatology: a systematic review

Authors: da Silva, A. R. Araujo, Marques, A., Di Biase, C., Faitanin, M., Murni, I., Dramowski, A., Hübner, J., Zingg, W.

Source: Archives of disease in childhood. 105(6):563-568

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Role of antimicrobial stewardship programmes in children: a systematic review

Authors: Araujo da Silva, A.R., Albernaz de Almeida Dias, D.C., Marques, A.F., Biscaia di Biase, C., Murni, I.K., Dramowski, A., Sharland, M., Huebner, J., Zingg, W.

Source: In Journal of Hospital Infection June 2018 99(2):117-123

The methodology of surveillance for antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections in Europe (SUSPIRE): a systematic review of publicly available information

Authors: Burkert, F., Carrara, E., von Cube, M., Drgona, L., Gilchrist, K., Goossens, H., Harbarth, S., Hequet, D., Jafri, H., Kahlmeter, G., Kuster, S., Luxemburger, C., McCarthy, M., Niks, M., Oualim, A., Poljak, M., Sandulescu, O., Schweiger, A., Vuong, C., Wiegand, I., Widmer, A., Witschi, A.T., Zanetti, G., Zingg, W., Núñez-Núñez, M., Navarro, M.D., Palomo, V., Rajendran, N.B., del Toro, M.D., Voss, A., Sharland, M., Sifakis, F., Tacconelli, E., Rodríguez-Baño, J.

Source: In Clinical Microbiology and Infection February 2018 24(2):105-109

Burden of healthcare-associated infections in China: results of the 2015 point prevalence survey in Dong Guan City

Authors: Wang, J., Hu, J., Harbarth, S., Pittet, D., Zhou, M., Zingg, W.

Source: In Journal of Hospital Infection June 2017 96(2):132-138

Role of parents in the promotion of hand hygiene in the paediatric setting: a systematic literature review

Authors: Bellissimo-Rodrigues, F., Pires, D., Zingg, W., Pittet, D.

Source: In Journal of Hospital Infection June 2016 93(2):159-163

Defining the user role in infection control

Authors: Ahmad, R., Iwami, M., Castro-Sánchez, E., Husson, F., Taiyari, K., Zingg, W., Holmes, A.

Source: In Journal of Hospital Infection April 2016 92(4):321-327

Innovative tools for quality assessment: integrated quality criteria for review of multiple study designs (ICROMS)

Authors: Zingg, W., Castro-Sanchez, E., Secci, F.V., Edwards, R., Drumright, L.N., Sevdalis, N., Holmes, A.H.

Source: In Public Health April 2016 133:19-37

Provision and consumption of alcohol-based hand rubs in European hospitals

Authors: Pittet, D., Zingg, W., Sax, H., Gastmeier, P., Hansen, S., Grundmann, H., van Benthem, B., van der Kooi, T., Dettenkofer, M., Martin, M., Richet, H., Szilágyi, E., Központ, O.E., Heczko, P.B., Holmes, A., Kyratsis, Y., Ahmad, R., Allegranzi, B., Magiorakos, A., Cookson, B., Wu, A.W., Schwab, F.

Source: In Clinical Microbiology and Infection December 2015 21(12):1047-1051

Education in infection control: A need for European certification

Authors: Zingg, W., Mutters, N.T., Harbarth, S., Friedrich, A.W.

Source: In Clinical Microbiology and Infection December 2015 21(12):1052-1056

Organization of infection control in European hospitals

Authors: Pittet, D., Zingg, W., Sax, H., Gastmeier, P., Hansen, S., Grundmann, H., van Benthem, B., van der Kooi, T., Dettenkofer, M., Martin, M., Richet, H., Szilágyi, E., Központ, O.E., Heczko, P.B., Holmes, A., Kyratsis, Y., Ahmad, R., Allegranzi, B., Magiorakos, A., Cookson, B., Wu, A.W., Behnke, M., Schwab, F.

Source: In Journal of Hospital Infection December 2015 91(4):338-345

Pluripotent stem cells as new drugs? The example of Parkinsons disease
Central European symposium on pharmaceutical technology and biodelivery systems; Challenges in nano- micro- and macro-systems

Authors: Preynat-Seauve, O., Burkhard, P. R., Villard, J., Zingg, W., Ginovart, N., Feki, A., Dubois-Dauphin, M., Hurst, S. A., Mauron, A., Jaconi, M.

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS. 381(2):113-121

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National European guidelines for the prevention of Clostridium difficile infection: a systematic qualitative review

Authors: Martin, M., Zingg, W., Knoll, E., Wilson, C., Dettenkofer, M.

Source: In Journal of Hospital Infection August 2014 87(4):212-219

No association between ultrasound-guided insertion of central venous catheters and bloodstream infection: a prospective observational study

Authors: Cartier, V., Haenny, A., Inan, C., Walder, B., Zingg, W.

Source: In Journal of Hospital Infection June 2014 87(2):103-108

Most international guidelines on prevention of healthcare-associated infection lack comprehensive recommendations for neonates and children

Authors: Araujo da Silva, A. R., Zingg, W., Dramowski, A., Bielicki, J. A., Sharland, M.

Source: JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION. 94(2):159-162

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