Claire Kilpatrick

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Claire Kilpatrick is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Claire Kilpatrick has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Infectious Diseases, 18 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 10 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Claire Kilpatrick's work include Infection Control in Healthcare (43 papers), Infection Control and Ventilation (18 papers) and Surgical site infection prevention (9 papers). Claire Kilpatrick is often cited by papers focused on Infection Control in Healthcare (43 papers), Infection Control and Ventilation (18 papers) and Surgical site infection prevention (9 papers). Claire Kilpatrick collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. Claire Kilpatrick's co-authors include Benedetta Allegranzi, Julie Storr, Didier Pittet, Edward Kelley, J. Reilly, Lesley Price, Anthony Twyman, Walter Zingg, M. Lindsay Grayson and Nizam Damani and has published in prestigious journals such as Clinical Infectious Diseases, The Journal of Infectious Diseases and The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Claire Kilpatrick

65 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Core components for effective infection prevention and co... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Core components for effective infection prevention and control programmes: new WHO evidence-based recommendations
    2017 334 citations Julie Storr, Anthony Twyman et al. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Claire Kilpatrick Switzerland 17 607 222 198 177 129 75 1.1k
Nizam Damani United Kingdom 11 692 1.1× 230 1.0× 159 0.8× 205 1.2× 65 0.5× 27 1.1k
Ermira Tartari Switzerland 15 481 0.8× 170 0.8× 112 0.6× 162 0.9× 95 0.7× 63 923
Lauren Clack Switzerland 13 370 0.6× 163 0.7× 256 1.3× 140 0.8× 79 0.6× 53 940
Lesley Price United Kingdom 17 360 0.6× 286 1.3× 248 1.3× 109 0.6× 46 0.4× 54 1.0k
Lisa Pineles United States 25 793 1.3× 411 1.9× 203 1.0× 209 1.2× 65 0.5× 95 1.7k
Kate Halton Australia 24 544 0.9× 209 0.9× 351 1.8× 197 1.1× 144 1.1× 69 1.7k
Katherine Ellingson United States 24 831 1.4× 136 0.6× 156 0.8× 261 1.5× 82 0.6× 63 1.8k
Adriana Cristina de Oliveira Brazil 21 393 0.6× 94 0.4× 213 1.1× 106 0.6× 274 2.1× 181 1.5k
Janet P. Haas United States 16 717 1.2× 103 0.5× 79 0.4× 291 1.6× 179 1.4× 24 1.1k
Susan C Bleasdale United States 19 540 0.9× 225 1.0× 109 0.6× 195 1.1× 111 0.9× 60 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Claire Kilpatrick

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Fields of papers citing papers by Claire Kilpatrick

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Claire Kilpatrick

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Claire Kilpatrick. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Claire Kilpatrick based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Claire Kilpatrick. Claire Kilpatrick is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Allegranzi, Benedetta, Ermira Tartari, Claire Kilpatrick, et al.. (2025). WHO global research agenda for hand hygiene improvement in health care: a Delphi consensus study. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 46(5). 449–464. 1 indexed citations
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Tartari, Ermira, et al.. (2024). Enhancing innovative training and education in infection prevention and control: a call to action for World Hand Hygiene Day 2024. The Lancet Global Health. 12(6). e907–e908. 1 indexed citations
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Tartari, Ermira, Julie Storr, Claire Kilpatrick, et al.. (2024). WHO research agenda on the role of the institutional safety climate for hand hygiene improvement: a Delphi consensus-building study. BMJ Quality & Safety. 34(9). 609–620.
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Kilpatrick, Claire, Julie Storr, Giorgia Gon, et al.. (2024). Environmental cleaning barriers and mitigation measures identified through two initiatives in four countries, 2018–2023: a commentary. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 13(1). 134–134.
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Kilpatrick, Claire, Ermira Tartari, Didier Pittet, & Benedetta Allegranzi. (2023). “Accelerate Action Together” the 5 May 2023 World Health Organization SAVE LIVES- Clean Your Hands campaign. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 44(6). 1032–1033. 1 indexed citations
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Tartari, Ermira, Claire Kilpatrick, Benedetta Allegranzi, & Didier Pittet. (2022). WHO SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 22(5). 577–579. 2 indexed citations
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Lyman, Meghan, et al.. (2021). Core components of infection prevention and control programs at the facility level in Georgia: key challenges and opportunities. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 10(1). 39–39. 28 indexed citations
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Zingg, Walter, Julie Storr, Benjamin J. Park, et al.. (2019). Implementation research for the prevention of antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections; 2017 Geneva infection prevention and control (IPC)-think tank (part 1). Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 8(1). 87–87. 30 indexed citations
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Kilpatrick, Claire, Ermira Tartari, Angèle Gayet‐Ageron, et al.. (2018). Global hand hygiene improvement progress: two surveys using the WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework. Journal of Hospital Infection. 100(2). 202–206. 32 indexed citations
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Peters, Alexandra, et al.. (2018). “Clean Care for All – It's in Your Hands”: 5th May 2019 World Health Organization SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands Campaign. Klimik Dergisi/Klimik Journal. 32(1). 2–3. 2 indexed citations
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Storr, Julie, Anthony Twyman, Walter Zingg, et al.. (2017). Core components for effective infection prevention and control programmes: new WHO evidence-based recommendations. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 6(1). 6–6. 334 indexed citations breakdown →
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Solomkin, Joseph S., et al.. (2017). Methodology and Background for the World Health Organization Global Guidelines on the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection. Surgical Infections. 19(1). 33–39. 14 indexed citations
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Murdoch, Heather, et al.. (2013). Minimising risk in the use of central lines.. PubMed. 109(14). 18–9. 1 indexed citations
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Storr, Julie & Claire Kilpatrick. (2011). "Stay vigilant on hand hygiene or it's back to the last century".. PubMed. 107(14). 11–11. 1 indexed citations
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Kilpatrick, Claire, Benedetta Allegranzi, & Didier Pittet. (2011). WHO First Global Patient Safety Challenge: Clean Care is Safer Care, Contributing to the training of health-care workers around the globe. International journal of infection control. 7(2). 12 indexed citations
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Allegranzi, Benedetta, et al.. (2011). Promoting hand hygiene in healthcare through national/subnational campaigns. Journal of Hospital Infection. 77(4). 294–298. 27 indexed citations
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Kilpatrick, Claire & J. Reilly. (2002). The importance of surveillance for hospital-acquired infections.. PubMed. 98(23). 56–7. 1 indexed citations

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