Didier Pittet
Infection Control Programme
University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine
Geneva
Switzerland
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- The World Health Organization Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care and their consensus recommendations. Pittet, D., Allegranzi, B., Boyce, J. Infect. Control. Hosp. Epidemiol (2009)
- Healthcare-associated infection: moving behind headlines to clinical solutions. Pittet, D. J. Hosp. Infect. (2009)
- Statewide hand hygiene improvement: embarking on a crusade. Pittet, D. Med. J. Aust. (2009)
- The WHO Clean Care is Safer Care programme: field-testing to enhance sustainability and spread of hand hygiene improvements. Pittet, D., Allegranzi, B., Storr, J. J. Infect. Public. Health (2008)
- Infection control as a major World Health Organization priority for developing countries. Pittet, D., Allegranzi, B., Storr, J., Bagheri Nejad, S., Dziekan, G., Leotsakos, A., Donaldson, L. J. Hosp. Infect. (2008)
- Commentary: hand hygiene: it's all about when and how. Pittet, D. Infect. Control. Hosp. Epidemiol (2008)
- Double-blind, randomized, crossover trial of 3 hand rub formulations: fast-track evaluation of tolerability and acceptability. Pittet, D., Allegranzi, B., Sax, H., Chraiti, M.N., Griffiths, W., Richet, H. Infect. Control. Hosp. Epidemiol (2007)
- Challenging the world: patient safety and health care-associated infection. Pittet, D., Donaldson, L. Int. J. Qual. Health. Care (2006)
- 'Clean Care is Safer Care': the Global Patient Safety Challenge 2005-2006. Pittet, D., Allegranzi, B., Storr, J., Donaldson, L. Int. J. Infect. Dis. (2006)
- Evidence-based model for hand transmission during patient care and the role of improved practices. Pittet, D., Allegranzi, B., Sax, H., Dharan, S., Pessoa-Silva, C.L., Donaldson, L., Boyce, J.M. Lancet. Infect. Dis (2006)
- Considerations for a WHO European strategy on health-care-associated infection, surveillance, and control. Pittet, D., Allegranzi, B., Sax, H., Bertinato, L., Concia, E., Cookson, B., Fabry, J., Richet, H., Philip, P., Spencer, R.C., Ganter, B.W., Lazzari, S. Lancet. Infect. Dis (2005)
- Infection control and quality health care in the new millennium. Pittet, D. Am. J. Infect. Control (2005)
- Clean hands reduce the burden of disease. Pittet, D. Lancet (2005)
- Clean Care is Safer Care: a worldwide priority. Pittet, D., Donaldson, L. Lancet (2005)
- Clean care is safer care: the first global challenge of the WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety. Pittet, D., Donaldson, L. Am. J. Infect. Control (2005)
- Clean Care is Safer Care: the first global challenge of the WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety. Pittet, D., Donaldson, L. Infect. Control. Hosp. Epidemiol (2005)
- The Lowbury lecture: behaviour in infection control. Pittet, D. J. Hosp. Infect. (2004)
- Revolutionising hand hygiene in health-care settings: guidelines revisited. Pittet, D., Boyce, J.M. Lancet. Infect. Dis (2003)
- Hand hygiene: improved standards and practice for hospital care. Pittet, D. Curr. Opin. Infect. Dis. (2003)
- Hand-cleansing during postanesthesia care. Pittet, D., Stéphan, F., Hugonnet, S., Akakpo, C., Souweine, B., Clergue, F. Anesthesiology (2003)
- Infective endocarditis: too ill to be operated?. Rubinovitch, B., Pittet, D. Crit. Care (2002)
- Improving adherence to hand hygiene practice: a multidisciplinary approach. Pittet, D. Emerging Infect. Dis. (2001)
- Compliance with hand disinfection and its impact on hospital-acquired infections. Pittet, D. J. Hosp. Infect. (2001)
- Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene. Infection Control Programme. Pittet, D., Hugonnet, S., Harbarth, S., Mourouga, P., Sauvan, V., Touveneau, S., Perneger, T.V. Lancet (2000)
- Hand Hygiene Revisited: Lessons from the Past and Present. Hugonnet, S., Pittet, D. Curr. Infect. Dis. Rep (2000)
- Compliance with handwashing in a teaching hospital. Infection Control Program. Pittet, D., Mourouga, P., Perneger, T.V. Ann. Intern. Med. (1999)
- Outcome of diabetic foot infections treated conservatively: a retrospective cohort study with long-term follow-up. Pittet, D., Wyssa, B., Herter-Clavel, C., Kursteiner, K., Vaucher, J., Lew, P.D. Arch. Intern. Med. (1999)
- Impact of immunomodulating therapy on morbidity in patients with severe sepsis. Pittet, D., Harbarth, S., Suter, P.M., Reinhart, K., Leighton, A., Barker, C., Macdonald, F., Abraham, E. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. (1999)