Valérie Sauvan

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Valérie Sauvan is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Emergency Medical Services and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Valérie Sauvan has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Infectious Diseases, 4 papers in Emergency Medical Services and 3 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in Valérie Sauvan's work include Infection Control in Healthcare (7 papers), Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis (4 papers) and Nosocomial Infections in ICU (3 papers). Valérie Sauvan is often cited by papers focused on Infection Control in Healthcare (7 papers), Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis (4 papers) and Nosocomial Infections in ICU (3 papers). Valérie Sauvan collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, France and Portugal. Valérie Sauvan's co-authors include Didier Pittet, Thomas Perneger, Stéphane Hugonnet, Sylvie Touveneau, Stephan Harbarth, Philippe Mourouga, Anne Simon, Carmen Lúcia Pessoa-Silva, Sasi Dharan and Mohamed Abbas and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Annals of Internal Medicine and Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

In The Last Decade

Valérie Sauvan

14 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve com... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 2004 500 1000 1.5k
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. Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene
    2000 1.8k citations Didier Pittet, Stéphane Hugonnet et al. The Lancet profile →
  2. Hand Hygiene among Physicians: Performance, Beliefs, and Perceptions
    2004 517 citations Didier Pittet, Anne Simon et al. Annals of Internal Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Valérie Sauvan Switzerland 8 2.1k 779 500 450 426 16 2.8k
Philippe Mourouga Switzerland 6 2.1k 1.0× 754 1.0× 457 0.9× 482 1.1× 423 1.0× 8 2.7k
Sylvie Touveneau Switzerland 14 2.2k 1.0× 819 1.1× 590 1.2× 657 1.5× 427 1.0× 23 3.3k
Carmem L Pessoa-Silva Switzerland 14 1.1k 0.5× 1.3k 1.6× 352 0.7× 321 0.7× 223 0.5× 20 2.7k
Sasi Dharan Switzerland 13 1.5k 0.7× 452 0.6× 333 0.7× 323 0.7× 243 0.6× 15 2.1k
Julie Storr United Kingdom 24 1.2k 0.6× 583 0.7× 426 0.9× 283 0.6× 179 0.4× 75 2.6k
Alexandre R. Marra Brazil 36 1.6k 0.8× 538 0.7× 526 1.1× 561 1.2× 190 0.4× 164 3.5k
Emily Rhinehart United States 12 2.7k 1.3× 856 1.1× 519 1.0× 512 1.1× 154 0.4× 21 4.2k
Linda A. Chiarello United States 14 2.5k 1.2× 806 1.0× 482 1.0× 432 1.0× 127 0.3× 18 4.0k
Elizabeth Bryce Canada 34 1.6k 0.8× 702 0.9× 306 0.6× 262 0.6× 151 0.4× 140 3.8k
Michael Whitby Australia 30 1.6k 0.8× 531 0.7× 293 0.6× 420 0.9× 232 0.5× 118 4.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Valérie Sauvan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Valérie Sauvan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Valérie Sauvan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Valérie Sauvan 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 Valérie Sauvan. Valérie Sauvan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Zanella, Marie-Céline, Gaud Catho, Nasim Lotfinejad, et al.. (2025). Dwell Time and Risk of Bloodstream Infection With Peripheral Intravenous Catheters. JAMA Network Open. 8(4). e257202–e257202.
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Catho, Gaud, Valérie Sauvan, Riccardo Pfister, et al.. (2023). Risk of catheter-associated bloodstream infection by catheter type in a neonatal intensive care unit: a large cohort study of more than 1100 intravascular catheters. Journal of Hospital Infection. 139. 6–10. 5 indexed citations
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Buetti, Niccolò, Mohamed Abbas, Didier Pittet, et al.. (2022). Lower risk of peripheral venous catheter-related bloodstream infection by hand insertion. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 11(1). 80–80. 7 indexed citations
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Buetti, Niccolò, Mohamed Abbas, Didier Pittet, et al.. (2021). Comparison of Routine Replacement With Clinically Indicated Replacement of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters. JAMA Internal Medicine. 181(11). 1471–1471. 31 indexed citations
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Suppan, Mélanie, Gaud Catho, Tomás Robalo Nunes, et al.. (2020). A Serious Game Designed to Promote Safe Behaviors Among Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Development of “Escape COVID-19”. JMIR Serious Games. 8(4). e24986–e24986. 34 indexed citations
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Pires, Daniela, Virginie Prendki, Gesuèle Renzi, et al.. (2016). Low frequency of asymptomatic carriage of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in an acute care geriatric hospital: prospective cohort study in Switzerland. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 5(1). 24–24. 5 indexed citations
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Pagani, Léonardo, Yves Thomas, Benedikt Huttner, et al.. (2015). Transmission and Effect of Multiple Clusters of Seasonal Influenza in a Swiss Geriatric Hospital. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 63(4). 739–744. 33 indexed citations
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Sauvan, Valérie, et al.. (2015). Improving the knowledge and adherence of nursing staff to infection control ecommendations: a quality improvement pilot program. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 4(S1). 1 indexed citations
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Sauvan, Valérie, et al.. (2013). P169: Is patient participation useful to improve staff hand hygiene compliance in a geriatric hospital?. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 2(S1).
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Huttner, Benedikt, Samuel Cordey, Valérie Sauvan, et al.. (2013). O073: An outbreak of norovirus strain GII.4 Sydney in a geriatric teaching hospital. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 2(S1). 1 indexed citations
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Sauvan, Valérie, et al.. (2013). P238: Surveillance in geriatrics: what for? Which indicators?. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 2(S1). 1 indexed citations
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Pittet, Didier, Anne Simon, Stéphane Hugonnet, et al.. (2004). Hand Hygiene among Physicians: Performance, Beliefs, and Perceptions. Annals of Internal Medicine. 141(1). 1–8. 517 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pittet, Didier, Stéphane Hugonnet, Stephan Harbarth, et al.. (2000). Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene. The Lancet. 356(9238). 1307–1312. 1780 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pittet, Didier, Sasi Dharan, Sylvie Touveneau, Valérie Sauvan, & Thomas Perneger. (1999). Bacterial Contamination of the Hands of Hospital Staff During Routine Patient Care. Archives of Internal Medicine. 159(8). 821–821. 387 indexed citations
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Sauvan, Valérie, et al.. (1998). [Prevalence of nosocomial infections in a university hospital: distribution, predisposing factors and diagnostic indices].. PubMed. 128(50). 1973–83. 7 indexed citations

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