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Didier Pittet

Active 1988–2025

248
Papers
59,003
Citations
120
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Citations

Citations per year for Didier Pittet1977: 1 citations1987: 1 citations1989: 10 citations1990: 12 citations1991: 15 citations1992: 16 citations1993: 23 citations1994: 18 citations1995: 29 citations1996: 59 citations1997: 74 citations1998: 87 citations1999: 97 citations2000: 153 citations2001: 202 citations2002: 309 citations2003: 374 citations2004: 419 citations2005: 396 citations2006: 503 citations2007: 491 citations2008: 485 citations2009: 477 citations2010: 408 citations2011: 384 citations2012: 371 citations2013: 402 citations2014: 374 citations2015: 304 citations2016: 292 citations2017: 316 citations2018: 296 citations2019: 1,122 citations2020: 1,441 citations2021: 1,267 citations2022: 772 citations2023: 516 citations2024: 791 citations2025: 259 citations2026: 7 citations1978–1986: no citations, so these years are not shown1988: no citations, so this year is not shown

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 3,082 citing papers, 20.1% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 1,305 citing papers, 8.5% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 773 citing papers, 5.1% of this breakdownGermany: 733 citing papers, 4.8% of this breakdownChina: 611 citing papers, 4% of this breakdownFrance: 606 citing papers, 4% of this breakdownItaly: 528 citing papers, 3.4% of this breakdownAustralia: 520 citing papers, 3.4% of this breakdownCanada: 509 citing papers, 3.3% of this breakdownNetherlands: 435 citing papers, 2.8% of this breakdownSpain: 409 citing papers, 2.7% of this breakdownIndia: 335 citing papers, 2.2% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Medicine64.5%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.7%
  • Health Professions8.4%
  • Immunology and Microbiology6.7%
  • Environmental Science1.6%
  • Mathematics1.6%
  • Other8.5%

Topics

  • Infection Control in Healthcare6%
  • Nosocomial Infections in ICU5.5%
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance3.9%
  • Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment3.4%
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria3.3%
  • Surgical site infection prevention3.3%
  • Other74.6%

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

    Authors: Benedetta Allegranzi, S Bagheri Nejad, Christophe Combescure, Wilco C. Graafmans, Homa Attar, Liam Donaldson, Didier Pittet - The Lancet 2010 cited by 2,530

  2. New WHO recommendations on preoperative measures for surgical site infection prevention: an evidence-based global perspective

    Authors: Benedetta Allegranzi, P. Bischoff, Stijn W. de Jonge, Nejla Zeynep Kubilay, Bassim Zayed, Stacey M. Gomes, Mohamed Abbas, Jasper J. Atema, Sarah L. Gans, Miranda van Rijen, Marja A. Boermeester, Matthias Egger, Jan Kluytmans, Didier Pittet, Joseph S. Solomkin - The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2016 cited by 887

  3. New WHO recommendations on intraoperative and postoperative measures for surgical site infection prevention: an evidence-based global perspective

    Authors: Benedetta Allegranzi, Bassim Zayed, P. Bischoff, Nejla Zeynep Kubilay, Stijn W. de Jonge, Fleur de Vries, Stacey M. Gomes, Sarah L. Gans, Elon Wallert, Xiuwen Wu, Mohamed Abbas, Marja A. Boermeester, E. Patchen Dellinger, Matthias Egger, Petra Gastmeier, Xavier Guirao, Jianan Ren, Didier Pittet, Joseph S. Solomkin - The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2016 cited by 861

  4. Global Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection

    Authors: Benedetta Allegranzi, P. Bischoff, Zeynep Kubilay, Stijn W. de Jonge, Bassim Zayed, Rosemary Sudan, Thomas Allen, Jose Luis Garnica Carreno, Joseph S. Solomkin, Matthias Egger, Marja A. Boermeester, Jan Kluytmans, Jianan Ren, Xavier Guirao, Petra Gastmeier, Didier Pittet - 2016 cited by 889

  5. The first WHO global survey on infection prevention and control in health-care facilities

    Authors: Sara Tomczyk, Anthony Twyman, Marlieke E.A. de Kraker, Ana Paula Coutinho, Ermira Tartari, João Toledo, Alessandro Cassini, Didier Pittet, Benedetta Allegranzi - The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2022 cited by 182

  6. Role of hand hygiene in healthcare-associated infection prevention

    Authors: Benedetta Allegranzi, Didier Pittet - Journal of Hospital Infection 2009 cited by 1,050

  7. Hospital organisation, management, and structure for prevention of health-care-associated infection: a systematic review and expert consensus

    Authors: Walter Zingg, Alison Holmes, Markus Dettenkofer, Tim Goetting, Federica Secci, Lauren Clack, Benedetta Allegranzi, Anna-Pelagia Magiorakos, Didier Pittet - The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2014 cited by 487

  8. Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene

    Authors: Didier Pittet, Stéphane Hugonnet, Stephan Harbarth, Philippe Mourouga, Valérie Sauvan, Sylvie Touveneau, Thomas Perneger - The Lancet 2000 cited by 2,520

  9. Evidence-based model for hand transmission during patient care and the role of improved practices

    Authors: Didier Pittet, Benedetta Allegranzi, Hugo Sax, Sasi Dharan, Carmem L Pessoa-Silva, Liam Donaldson, John M. Boyce - The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2006 cited by 795

  10. Antimicrobial resistance: one world, one fight!

    Authors: for the World Healthcare-Associated Infections Resistance Forum participants, Stephan Harbarth, Hanan H. Balkhy, Herman Goossens, Vincent Jarlier, Jan Kluytmans, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Mirko Saam, Alex van Belkum, Didier Pittet - Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 cited by 245

  11. Hand hygiene in health care: 20 years of ongoing advances and perspectives

    Authors: Nasim Lotfinejad, Alexandra Peters, Ermira Tartari, Carolina Fankhauser-Rodriguez, Daniela Pires, Didier Pittet - The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2021 cited by 224

  12. Patient Participation: Current Knowledge and Applicability to Patient Safety

    Authors: Yves Longtin, Hugo Sax, Lucian L. Leape, Susan E. Sheridan, Liam Donaldson, Didier Pittet - Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2009 cited by 819

  13. Health-care-associated infection in Africa: a systematic review

    Authors: S Bagheri Nejad, Benedetta Allegranzi, Shamsuzzoha B Syed, Benjamin Ellis, Didier Pittet - Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2011 cited by 525

  14. Impact of environmental hygiene interventions on healthcare-associated infections and patient colonization: a systematic review

    Authors: Alexandra Peters, Marie N. Schmid, Pierre Parneix, Dan Lebowitz, Marlieke E.A. de Kraker, Julien Sauser, Walter Zingg, Didier Pittet - Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2022 cited by 106

  15. Implementation of hand hygiene in health-care facilities: results from the WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework global survey 2019

    Authors: Marlieke E A de Kraker, Ermira Tartari, Sara Tomczyk, Anthony Twyman, Laurent C Francioli, Alessandro Cassini, Benedetta Allegranzi, Didier Pittet - The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2022 cited by 100

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

    Authors: Ermira Tartari, Sara Tomczyk, Daniela Pires, Bassim Zayed, A.P. Coutinho Rehse, Pierre Kariyo, Valeska Stempliuk, Walter Zingg, Didier Pittet, Benedetta Allegranzi - Journal of Hospital Infection 2020 cited by 112

  17. Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings. Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force

    Authors: John M. Boyce, Didier Pittet - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2002 cited by 1,663

  18. The World Health Organization Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care and Their Consensus Recommendations

    Authors: Didier Pittet, Benedetta Allegranzi, John M. Boyce - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2009 cited by 795

  19. Nosocomial transmission and outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019: the need to protect both patients and healthcare workers

    Authors: Mohamed Abbas, Tomás Robalo Nunes, Romain Martischang, Walter Zingg, Anne Iten, Didier Pittet, Stephan Harbarth - Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2021 cited by 311

  20. Antimicrobial resistance: a global view from the 2013 World Healthcare-Associated Infections Forum

    Authors: Angela Huttner, Stephan Harbarth, Jean Carlet, Sara E. Cosgrove, Herman Goossens, Alison Holmes, Vincent Jarlier, Andreas Voß, Didier Pittet, for the World Healthcare-Associated Infections Forum participants - Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 cited by 451

  21. The Natural History of the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)

    Authors: M. Sigfrido Rangel‐Frausto, Didier Pittet, Michele Costigan, Taekyu Hwang, Charles S. Davis, Richard P. Wenzel - JAMA 1995 cited by 2,043

  22. Global implementation of WHO's multimodal strategy for improvement of hand hygiene: a quasi-experimental study

    Authors: Benedetta Allegranzi, Angèle Gayet‐Ageron, Nizam Damani, L Bengaly, Mary‐Louise McLaws, Maria Luisa Moro, Ziad A. Memish, O. Urroz, Hervé Richet, Julie Storr, Liam Donaldson, Didier Pittet - The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2013 cited by 468

  23. Ready for a world without antibiotics? The Pensières Antibiotic Resistance Call to Action

    Authors: Jean Carlet, Vincent Jarlier, Stephan Harbarth, Andreas Voß, Herman Goossens, Didier Pittet, the Participants of the 3rd World Healthcare-Associated Infections Forum - Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2012 cited by 341

  24. Diagnostic Value of Procalcitonin, Interleukin-6, and Interleukin-8 in Critically Ill Patients Admitted with Suspected Sepsis

    Authors: Stephan Harbarth, K Holecková, Céline Froidevaux, Didier Pittet, Bara Ricou, Georges E. Grau, L. Vadas, Jérôme Pugin - American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2001 cited by 908