What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Internal medicine
- Surgery
- Disease
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Health care, Hygiene, Surgery, Intensive care medicine and Infection control.
His Health care study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Nursing, Public health and Promotion.
The Hygiene study combines topics in areas such as Psychological intervention, Observational study, Family medicine, Medical emergency and Pediatrics.
His Surgery research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Internal medicine and Antiseptic.
His work deals with themes such as Bacteremia, Septic shock, Overcrowding and Emergency medicine, which intersect with Intensive care medicine.
His study focuses on the intersection of Infection control and fields such as MEDLINE with connections in the field of Global health.
His most cited work include:
- Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene (1991 citations)
- Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings. Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HIPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force. (1979 citations)
- The Natural History of the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS): A Prospective Study (1793 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Didier Pittet mainly focuses on Hygiene, Health care, Intensive care medicine, Infection control and Surgery.
Didier Pittet works mostly in the field of Hygiene, limiting it down to topics relating to Nursing and, in certain cases, MEDLINE, as a part of the same area of interest.
His studies in Health care integrate themes in fields like Medical emergency, Pediatrics, Public health and SAFER.
His Intensive care medicine study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Epidemiology, Incidence and Sepsis.
His studies deal with areas such as Global health and Antibiotic resistance as well as Infection control.
In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Surgery, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is strongly linked to Internal medicine.
He most often published in these fields:
- Hygiene (40.28%)
- Health care (31.94%)
- Intensive care medicine (23.99%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?
- Hygiene (40.28%)
- Infection control (22.47%)
- Health care (31.94%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary areas of investigation include Hygiene, Infection control, Health care, Nursing and Healthcare associated infections.
His research integrates issues of Psychological intervention, Physical therapy and Family medicine in his study of Hygiene.
The concepts of his Infection control study are interwoven with issues in MEDLINE, Environmental health, Global health, Public health and SAFER.
The various areas that Didier Pittet examines in his Health care study include Promotion, Public relations, Sepsis and Intensive care medicine.
His research combines Epidemiology and Intensive care medicine.
His Healthcare associated infections study combines topics in areas such as Incidence, Confidence interval, Point prevalence survey and Emergency medicine.
Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in Geneva, Switzerland (SEROCoV-POP): a population-based study. (423 citations)
- Serology-informed estimates of SARS-CoV-2 infection fatality risk in Geneva, Switzerland. (76 citations)
- Repeated seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in a population-based sample (53 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Internal medicine
- Surgery
- Law
His scientific interests lie mostly in Hygiene, Infection control, Health care, Healthcare associated infections and Environmental health.
His Hygiene research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Nursing, Surgery, Dentistry and Medical emergency.
His Infection control research includes themes of Cross-sectional study, Family medicine, SAFER, Mainland China and Acute care.
His study in Health care focuses on Patient safety in particular.
Didier Pittet interconnects Developing country, Economic growth, Antibiotic resistance and Self-assessment in the investigation of issues within Environmental health.
His Intensive care medicine research incorporates themes from Health security and Sepsis.
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