Pandemic Potential of a Strain of Influenza A (H1N1): Early Findings
- C. Fraser, C. Donnelly, C. Roth
- MedicineScience
- 19 June 2009
Transmissibility is substantially higher than that of seasonal flu, and comparable with lower estimates of R0 obtained from previous influenza pandemics, by analyzing the outbreak in Mexico, early data on international spread, and viral genetic diversity, which makes an early assessment of transmissibility and severity.
Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene
- D. Pittet, S. Hugonnet, T. Perneger
- MedicineThe Lancet
- 14 October 2000
Learning from imbalanced data in surveillance of nosocomial infection
- G. Cohen, M. Hilario, H. Sax, S. Hugonnet, A. Geissbühler
- MedicineArtif. Intell. Medicine
- 1 May 2006
Alcohol-based handrub improves compliance with hand hygiene in intensive care units.
- S. Hugonnet, T. Perneger, D. Pittet
- MedicineArchives of Internal Medicine
- 13 May 2002
In intensive care units, less time-consuming handrubbing might replace standard handwashing and overcome the barrier of time constraints and induce a marked and sustained increase in compliance with hand hygiene.
Noma: an "infectious" disease of unknown aetiology.
- D. Baratti-Mayer, B. Pittet, D. Pittet
- MedicineLancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)
- 1 July 2003
Knowledge of Standard and Isolation Precautions in a Large Teaching Hospital
- H. Sax, T. Perneger, S. Hugonnet, P. Herrault, M. Chraïti, D. Pittet
- MedicineInfection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- 1 March 2005
Despite a training effort targeting opinion leaders, knowledge of transmission precautions for pathogens remained insufficient and specific training proved to be the major determinant of “good knowledge”.
Epidemiology and prognostic determinants of bloodstream infections in surgical intensive care.
- S. Harbarth, Karin Ferrière, S. Hugonnet, B. Ricou, P. Suter, D. Pittet
- Medicine, BiologyArchives of Surgery
- 1 December 2002
Bloodstream infection in critically ill patients is a common and frequently fatal condition and its outcome can be predicted by the severity of illness at onset of BSI and the number of organ dysfunctions evolving thereafter.
Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Switzerland
- S. Harbarth, P. François, D. Pittet
- Medicine, BiologyEmerging Infectious Diseases
- 1 June 2005
Two case-control studies evaluated the prevalence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage at hospital admission and characteristics of patients with CA-MRSA and no easily modifiable risk factor for CA- MRSA was identified.
The effect of workload on infection risk in critically ill patients*
- S. Hugonnet, J. Chevrolet, D. Pittet
- MedicineCritical Care Medicine
- 1 January 2007
Staffing is a key determinant of healthcare‐associated infection in critically ill patients and a substantial proportion of all infections could be avoided if nurse staffing were to be maintained at a higher level.
Prevention of severe Candida infections in nonneutropenic, high-risk, critically ill patients: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in patients treated by selective digestive…
- J. Garbino, D. Lew, J. Romand, S. Hugonnet, R. Auckenthaler, D. Pittet
- Medicine, BiologyIntensive Care Medicine
- 1 November 2002
Prophylactic use of fluconazole in a selected group of mechanically ventilated patients at high risk for infection reduces the incidence of Candida infections, in particular candidemia.
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