Hugo Sax

12.4k citations

158 papers · 7.7k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 45

Infectious Diseases top 0.2%
Epidemiology top 1%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine top 2%
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine top 0.2%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology top 0.1%

Co-authors: Didier Pittet Benedetta Allegranzi John M. Boyce Stephan Harbarth İlker Uçkay Elaine Larson Stéphane Hugonnet Yves Longtin
Topics: Infection Control in Healthcare (51 papers)Nosocomial Infections in ICU (28 papers)Infection Control and Ventilation (26 papers)
Cited by: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology General Dentistry Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Journals: New England Journal of Medicine Annals of Internal Medicine PLoS ONE
Partner nations: Switzerland United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Hugo Sax

152 papers receiving 7.3k citations

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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.

Patient Participation: Current Knowledge and Applicability to Patient Safety

2009 596 citations Hugo Sax, Didier Pittet et al. profile →
‘My five moments for hand hygiene’: a user-centred design approach to understand, train, monitor and report hand hygiene

2007 549 citations Hugo Sax, İlker Uçkay et al. Journal of Hospital Infection profile →
Evidence-based model for hand transmission during patient care and the role of improved practices

2006 547 citations Didier Pittet, Hugo Sax et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Environmental cleaning and disinfection in the operating room: a systematic scoping review through a human factors and systems engineering lens 2024 ·Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·Anping Xie,Hugo Sax,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Clare Rock,C. Matthew Stewart,Shawna J. Perry,Ayşe P. Gürses	1
2	Identifying patients at high risk for multidrug-resistant organisms after hospitalization abroad 2023 ·Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Hugo Sax,Aline Wolfensberger	6
3	An intensive care unit outbreak with multi-drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa – spotlight on sinks 2023 ·Journal of Hospital Infection ·(unknown),(unknown),Reto A. Schuepbach,Annelies S. Zinkernagel,Mathilde Boumasmoud,Bhavya Chakrakodi,Silvio D. Brugger,(unknown),Aline Wolfensberger,Hugo Sax,Stefan P. Kuster,Peter W. Schreiber	16
4	International patient preferences for physician attire: results from cross-sectional studies in four countries across three continents 2022 ·BMJ Open ·Nathan Houchens,Sanjay Saint,Christopher M. Petrilli,Latoya Kuhn,David Ratz,Lindsey B. De Lott,(unknown),Hugo Sax,Kazuhiro Kamata,Akira Kuriyama,Yasuharu Tokuda,Carlo Fumagalli,Gianni Virgili,Stefano Fumagalli,Vineet Chopra	4
5	Universal Admission Screening for SARS-CoV-2 Infections among Hospitalized Patients, Switzerland, 2020 2021 ·Emerging infectious diseases ·Thomas Scheier,(unknown),(unknown),Christian Rüegg,(unknown),(unknown),Urs Karrer,Aline Wolfensberger,Hugo Sax,Peter W. Schreiber	18
6	The global outbreak of Mycobacterium chimaera infections in cardiac surgery—a systematic review of whole-genome sequencing studies and joint analysis 2021 ·Clinical Microbiology and Infection ·Peter W. Schreiber,Thomas A. Kohl,Stefan P. Kuster,Stefan Niemann,Hugo Sax	17
7	Diversity of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in heater-cooler devices: results from prospective surveillance 2020 ·Journal of Hospital Infection ·(unknown),Stefan P. Kuster,Barbara Hasse,Bettina Schulthess,Frank Imkamp,Maximilian Halbe,Peter Sander,Hugo Sax,Peter W. Schreiber	12
8	Disinfecting noncritical medical equipment—Effectiveness of hydrogen peroxide dry mist as an adjunctive method 2020 ·American Journal of Infection Control ·(unknown),Stefan P. Kuster,Christian Garzoni,Annelies S. Zinkernagel,Hugo Sax,Aline Wolfensberger	5
9	Does respiratory co-infection facilitate dispersal of SARS-CoV-2? investigation of a super-spreading event in an open-space office 2020 ·Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control ·(unknown),Jürg Böni,Silvana K. Rampini,Verena Kufner,Maryam Zaheri,Peter W. Schreiber,Irène A. Abela,Michael Huber,Hugo Sax,Aline Wolfensberger	19
10	Implementation and evaluation of a care bundle for prevention of non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia (nvHAP) – a mixed-methods study protocol for a hybrid type 2 effectiveness-implementation trial 2020 ·BMC Infectious Diseases ·Aline Wolfensberger,Lauren Clack,Stefanie von Felten,Katharina Kusejko,Mirjam Faes Hesse,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Roger D. Kouyos,Leonhard Held,Hugo Sax	8
11	Multidrug-resistant Organisms in Hospitals: What Is on Patient Hands and in Their Rooms? 2019 ·Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Lona Mody,Laraine Washer,Keith S. Kaye,Kristen Gibson,Sanjay Saint,Luis Felipe Reyes,Marco Cassone,Julia Mantey,Jie Cao,(unknown),Mary Beth Perri,Hugo Sax,Vineet Chopra,Marcus Zervos	47
12	Development and validation of a semi-automated surveillance system—lowering the fruit for non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia (nvHAP) prevention 2019 ·Clinical Microbiology and Infection ·Aline Wolfensberger,(unknown),Mirjam Faes Hesse,Stefan P. Kuster,Angela Meier,Peter W. Schreiber,Lauren Clack,Hugo Sax	14
13	Seasonal differences in central line–associated bloodstream infection incidence rates in a Central European setting: Results from prospective surveillance 2019 ·American Journal of Infection Control ·Peter W. Schreiber,(unknown),Aline Wolfensberger,Lauren Clack,Christian Falk,Hugo Sax,Stefan P. Kuster	6
14	Effectiveness of an edutainment video teaching standard precautions – a randomized controlled evaluation study 2019 ·Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control ·Aline Wolfensberger,A Anagnostopoulos,Lauren Clack,(unknown),Stefan P. Kuster,Hugo Sax	10
15	Mycobacterium chimaera infections after cardiac surgery—lessons learned 2018 ·Clinical Microbiology and Infection ·Peter W. Schreiber,Barbara Hasse,Hugo Sax	4
16	Structure, Process, and Outcome Quality of Surgical Site Infection Surveillance in Switzerland 2017 ·Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·Stefan P. Kuster,Marie‐Christine Eisenring,Hugo Sax,Nicolas Troillet,(unknown)	20
17	Low-hanging fruit for human factors design in infection prevention—still too high to reach? 2014 ·American Journal of Infection Control ·Lauren Clack,Stefan P. Kuster,(unknown),(unknown),Hugo Sax	4
18	Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia as a Quality Indicator for Patient Safety? 2008 ·Clinical Infectious Diseases ·(unknown),(unknown),Hugo Sax,Didier Pittet	47
19	A Predictive Model for Identifying Surgical Patients at Risk of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage on Admission 2008 ·Journal of the American College of Surgeons ·Stephan Harbarth,Hugo Sax,İlker Uçkay,Carolina Fankhauser,Américo Agostinho,Jan T. Christenson,Gesuèle Renzi,Jacques Schrenzel,Didier Pittet	37
20	Knowledge of Standard and Isolation Precautions in a Large Teaching Hospital 2005 ·Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·Hugo Sax,Thomas Perneger,Stéphane Hugonnet,(unknown),Marie‐Noëlle Chraïti,Didier Pittet	111

About Hugo Sax

Hugo Sax is a scholar working on Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Infectious Diseases, having authored 158 papers that have together received 7.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Infection Control in Healthcare (51 papers), Nosocomial Infections in ICU (28 papers) and Infection Control and Ventilation (26 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (1.0k citations), General Dentistry (419 citations) and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine (1.1k citations). Hugo Sax has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Didier Pittet, Benedetta Allegranzi, John M. Boyce, Stephan Harbarth, İlker Uçkay, Elaine Larson, Stéphane Hugonnet, Yves Longtin, Stefan P. Kuster and Liam Donaldson. Their work appears in journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine and PLoS ONE.

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