| Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
|
Infection control assessment of ambulatory surgical centers.
|
JAMA
|
2010
|
2.74
|
|
2
|
Nonhospital health care-associated hepatitis B and C virus transmission: United States, 1998-2008.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2009
|
2.28
|
|
3
|
An outbreak of hepatitis C virus infections among outpatients at a hematology/oncology clinic.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2005
|
2.17
|
|
4
|
Eliminating the blood: ongoing outbreaks of hepatitis B virus infection and the need for innovative glucose monitoring technologies.
|
J Diabetes Sci Technol
|
2009
|
1.72
|
|
5
|
Health care-associated hepatitis C virus infections attributed to narcotic diversion.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2012
|
1.71
|
|
6
|
Hepatitis A among international adoptees and their contacts.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2008
|
1.60
|
|
7
|
Hepatitis C virus infections from unsafe injection practices at an endoscopy clinic in Las Vegas, Nevada, 2007-2008.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2010
|
1.57
|
|
8
|
National trends and disparities in the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma, 1998-2003.
|
Prev Chronic Dis
|
2008
|
1.55
|
|
9
|
Assisted monitoring of blood glucose: special safety needs for a new paradigm in testing glucose.
|
J Diabetes Sci Technol
|
2010
|
1.48
|
|
10
|
Notes from the Field: Mycobacterium chimaera Contamination of Heater-Cooler Devices Used in Cardiac Surgery - United States.
|
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
|
2016
|
1.27
|
|
11
|
Anthrax postexposure prophylaxis in postal workers, Connecticut, 2001.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2002
|
1.27
|
|
12
|
Rapid assessment of injection practices in Cambodia, 2002.
|
BMC Public Health
|
2005
|
1.26
|
|
13
|
The coming wave of HCV-related liver disease: dilemmas and challenges.
|
J Hepatol
|
2006
|
1.25
|
|
14
|
Acute hepatitis B outbreaks related to fingerstick blood glucose monitoring in two assisted living facilities.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2010
|
1.22
|
|
15
|
Patient notification for bloodborne pathogen testing due to unsafe injection practices in the US health care settings, 2001-2011.
|
Med Care
|
2012
|
1.16
|
|
16
|
Evaluation of the potential for bloodborne pathogen transmission associated with diabetes care practices in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, Pinellas County.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2010
|
1.14
|
|
17
|
Infection control practices in assisted living facilities: a response to hepatitis B virus infection outbreaks.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2009
|
1.11
|
|
18
|
Developing a broader approach to management of infection control breaches in health care settings.
|
Am J Infect Control
|
2008
|
1.04
|
|
19
|
SARS surveillance during emergency public health response, United States, March-July 2003.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2004
|
1.03
|
|
20
|
Bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax in an elderly woman, Connecticut, 2001.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2003
|
1.02
|
|
21
|
An outbreak of hepatitis B virus infection among methamphetamine injectors: the role of sharing injection drug equipment.
|
Addiction
|
2006
|
1.01
|
|
22
|
Systems for rapidly detecting and treating persons with ebola virus disease--United States.
|
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
|
2015
|
0.99
|
|
23
|
Preventing the transmission of bloodborne viruses during glucose monitoring: lessons learned from recent outbreaks.
|
J Am Med Dir Assoc
|
2005
|
0.93
|
|
24
|
A large nosocomial outbreak of hepatitis C and hepatitis B among patients receiving pain remediation treatments.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2004
|
0.93
|
|
25
|
Sharing insulin pens: are you putting patients at risk?
|
Diabetes Care
|
2013
|
0.89
|
|
26
|
Recommendations for postexposure interventions to prevent infection with hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, or human immunodeficiency virus, and tetanus in persons wounded during bombings and other mass-casualty events--United States, 2008: recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
|
MMWR Recomm Rep
|
2008
|
0.87
|
|
27
|
Occupational exposure of health care personnel to hepatitis B and hepatitis C: prevention and surveillance strategies.
|
Clin Liver Dis
|
2010
|
0.87
|
|
28
|
Multiple clusters of hepatitis virus infections associated with anesthesia for outpatient endoscopy procedures.
|
Gastroenterology
|
2010
|
0.85
|
|
29
|
A large outbreak of hepatitis B virus infections associated with frequent injections at a physician's office.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2005
|
0.84
|
|
30
|
Preventing blood contamination in nuclear pharmacies: lessons from an outbreak of hepatitis C virus infections and contaminated 99mTc-sestamibi.
|
J Nucl Med
|
2007
|
0.82
|
|
31
|
Multistate US Outbreak of Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections Associated with Medical Tourism to the Dominican Republic, 2013-2014(1).
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2016
|
0.82
|
|
32
|
Hepatitis B virus infection risks among diabetic patients residing in long-term care facilities.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2005
|
0.81
|
|
33
|
Measurement of influenza vaccination coverage among healthcare personnel in US hospitals.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2009
|
0.81
|
|
34
|
Postexposure interventions to prevent infection with HBV, HCV, or HIV, and tetanus in people wounded during bombings and other mass casualty events--United States, 2008: recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness.
|
Disaster Med Public Health Prep
|
2008
|
0.81
|
|
35
|
Invasive Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections among Cardiothoracic Surgical Patients Exposed to Heater-Cooler Devices(1).
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2017
|
0.81
|
|
36
|
Transmission of hepatitis C virus during myocardial perfusion imaging in an outpatient clinic.
|
Am J Cardiol
|
2011
|
0.79
|
|
37
|
Notes from the field: rapidly growing nontuberculous Mycobacterium wound infections among medical tourists undergoing cosmetic surgeries in the Dominican Republic--multiple states, March 2013-February 2014.
|
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
|
2014
|
0.78
|
|
38
|
Notes from the Field: Probable Mucormycosis Among Adult Solid Organ Transplant Recipients at an Acute Care Hospital - Pennsylvania, 2014-2015.
|
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
|
2016
|
0.76
|
|
39
|
U.S. Compounding Pharmacy-Related Outbreaks, 2001-2013: Public Health and Patient Safety Lessons Learned.
|
J Patient Saf
|
2015
|
0.75
|
|
40
|
Calling it 'multidose' doesn't make it so: inappropriate sharing and contamination of parenteral medication vials.
|
Am J Infect Control
|
2010
|
0.75
|
|
41
|
Perinatal hepatitis C virus transmission--role of human immunodeficiency virus infection and injection drug use.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2003
|
0.75
|
|
42
|
Mycobacterium chelonae Eye Infections Associated with Humidifier Use in an Outpatient LASIK Clinic - Ohio, 2015.
|
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
|
2015
|
0.75
|
|
43
|
Referrals of Infection Control Breaches to Public Health Authorities: Ambulatory Care Settings Experience, 2017.
|
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf
|
2020
|
0.75
|
|
44
|
Public perceptions and preferences for patient notification after an unsafe injection.
|
J Patient Saf
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
45
|
Outbreak Response Capacity Assessments and Improvements Among Public Health Department Health Care-Associated Infection Programs-United States, 2015-2017.
|
J Public Health Manag Pract
|
2022
|
0.75
|
|
46
|
Notes from the Field: Fungal Bloodstream Infections Associated with a Compounded Intravenous Medication at an Outpatient Oncology Clinic - New York City, 2016.
|
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
|
2016
|
0.75
|
|
47
|
Infection Prevention and Control in the Podiatric Medical Setting. Challenges to Providing Consistently Safe Care.
|
J Am Podiatr Med Assoc
|
2015
|
0.75
|