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Standard Precautions

Standard Precautions is a foundational infection control framework comprising a standardized set of clinical practices—such as hand hygiene, the use of personal protective equipment, and safe injection techniques—implemented universally for all patients to prevent transmission of infectious agents in healthcare settings, regardless of suspected or confirmed infection status.

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2017–2026

498

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Universal Precautions

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Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene

Didier Pittet, Stéphane Hugonnet, Stephan Harbarth et al. · The Lancet · 2000 · 2.5K citations

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Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings

John M. Boyce, Didier Pittet · American Journal of Infection Control · 2002 · 2.1K citations

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Principles and practice of infectious diseases

Arie J. Zuckerman · Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease · 2010 · 2K citations

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Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2: The world should face the reality

Lídia Morawska, Junji Cao · Environment International · 2020 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings: Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force

John M. Boyce, Didier Pittet · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 2002 · 1.7K citations

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Authors

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  1. DP
    Didier Pittet

    University of Geneva, Switzerland

    37 publications · 10.6K citations

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  2. GK
    Günter Kampf

    Universität Greifswald, Germany

    21 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. EL
    Elaine Larson

    Columbia University, United States

    21 publications · 1.3K citations

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    Benedetta Allegranzi

    World Health Organization, Switzerland

    15 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. DJ
    David J. Weber

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    13 publications · 1.9K citations

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Institutions

2.4K

  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Atlanta, United States

    28 h-index

    90 publications

    7.3K citations

  2. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    25 h-index

    65 publications

    5.1K citations

  3. University of Geneva

    Geneva, Switzerland

    25 h-index

    70 publications

    26.2K citations

  4. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    23 h-index

    84 publications

    4.8K citations

  5. Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Baltimore, United States

    21 h-index

    40 publications

    2.8K citations

  6. World Health Organization

    Geneva, Switzerland

    20 h-index

    50 publications

    5K citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    32 publications

    3.2K citations

  8. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    15 h-index

    34 publications

    1.4K citations

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  1. American Journal of Infection Control

    AJIC · 305 publications · 17.2K citations

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  2. Journal of Hospital Infection

    165 publications · 9.8K citations

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  3. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

    ICHE · 127 publications · 13.9K citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 128 publications · 6.6K citations

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  5. JAMA

    23 publications · 1.8K citations

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