C Balmelli

Affiliations

Division of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland. Electronic address: carlo.balmelli@eoc.ch.

Publications (15)

Risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission by aerosols, the rational use of masks, and protection of healthcare workers from COVID-19.

Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

Avec: Rami Sommerstein , Christoph Andreas Fux , Danielle Vuichard-Gysin , Mohamed Abbas , Jonas Marschall , Carlo Balmelli , Nicolas Troillet , Stephan Harbarth , Matthias Schlegel , Andreas Widmer , Auteur inconnu

National point prevalence survey on healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals, Switzerland, 2017.

Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

Avec: Walter Zingg , Aliki Metsini , Carlo Balmelli , Dionysios Neofytos , Michael Behnke , Céline Gardiol , Andreas Widmer , Didier Pittet , Auteur inconnu

Antimicrobial use in acute care hospitals: national point prevalence survey on healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use, Switzerland, 2017.

Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

Avec: Walter Zingg , Aliki Metsini , Céline Gardiol , Carlo Balmelli , Michael Behnke , Nicolas Troillet , Andreas Widmer , Didier Pittet , Auteur inconnu

Nation-wide survey of screening practices to detect carriers of multi-drug resistant organisms upon admission to Swiss healthcare institutions.

Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

Avec: Romain Martischang , Niccolo Buetti , Carlo Balmelli , Mirko Saam , Andreas Widmer , Stephan Harbarth

Risk factors for severe outcomes for COVID-19 patients hospitalised in Switzerland during the first pandemic wave, February to August 2020: prospective observational cohort study.

Swiss medical weekly

Avec: Filipe Maximiano Sousa , Maroussia Roelens , Brian Fricker , Amaury Thiabaud , Anne Iten , Alexia Cusini , Domenica Flury , Michael Buettcher , Franziska Zukol , Carlo Balmelli , Petra Zimmermann , Nicolas Troillet , Danielle Vuichard-Gysin , Peter W Schreiber , Sara Bernhard-Stirnemann , Sarah Tschudin-Sutter , Yvonne Nussbaumer-Ochsner , Rami Sommerstein , Roman Gaudenz , Jonas Marschall , Laurence Senn , Céline Gardiol , Olivia Keiser , Gertraud Schüpbach , Monica Wymann , Beatriz Vidondo , Ch-Sur Study Group

Hospital outcomes of community-acquired COVID-19 versus influenza: Insights from the Swiss hospital-based surveillance of influenza and COVID-19.

Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

Avec: Georg Marcus Fröhlich , Marlieke E A De Kraker , Mohamed Abbas , Olivia Keiser , Amaury Thiabaud , Maroussia Roelens , Alexia Cusini , Domenica Flury , Peter W Schreiber , Michael Buettcher , Natascia Corti , Danielle Vuichard-Gysin , Nicolas Troillet , Julien Sauser , Roman Gaudenz , Lauro Damonti , Carlo Balmelli , Anne Iten , Andreas Widmer , Stephan Harbarth , Rami Sommerstein

Cohort profile: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 hospitalised patients in Switzerland.

Swiss medical weekly

Avec: Amaury Thiabaud , Anne Iten , Carlo Balmelli , Laurence Senn , Nicolas Troillet , Andreas Widmer , Domenica Flury , Peter W Schreiber , Miriam Vázquez , Lauro Damonti , Michael Buettcher , Danielle Vuichard-Gysin , Christoph Kuhm , Alexia Cusini , Thomas Riedel , Yvonne Nussbaumer-Ochsner , Roman Gaudenz , Ulrich Heininger , Christoph Berger , Franziska Zucol , Sara Bernhard-Stirnemann , Natascia Corti , Petra Zimmermann , Anita Uka , Anita Niederer-Loher , Céline Gardiol , Maroussia Roelens , Olivia Keiser

Inflammatory Biomarkers and Clinical Judgment in the Emergency Diagnosis of Urgent Abdominal Pain.

Clinical chemistry

Avec: Tobias Breidthardt , Nora Brunner-Schaub , Catharina Balmelli , Juan Jose Sancho Insenser , Katrin Burri-Winkler , Nicolas Geigy , Lukas Mundorff , Aristomenis Exadaktylos , Julia Scholz , Philip Haaf , Christian Hamel , Daniel Frey , Karen Delport , W Frank Peacock , Michael Freese , Salvatore DiSomma , John Todd , Katharina Rentsch , Roland Bingisser , Christian Mueller , Auteur inconnu , Joan Walter , Raphael Twerenbold , Thomas Nestelberger , Jasper Boeddinghaus , Patrick Badertscher , Jeanne du Fay de Lavallaz , Christian Puelacher , Karin Wildi

Association of institutional masking policies with healthcare-associated SARS-CoV-2 infections in Swiss acute care hospitals during the BA.4/5 wave (CH-SUR study): a retrospective observational study.

Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

Avec: Tamara Dörr , Sabine Güsewell , Domenica Flury , Maria Süveges , Camille Beatrice Gaza Valera , Sara Botero-Mesa , Marie-Céline Zanella , Anne Iten , Carlo Balmelli , Nicolas Troillet , Sarah Tschudin-Sutter , Peter W Schreiber , Philipp Jent , Lauro Damonti , Rami Sommerstein , Lea Portmann , Danielle Vuichard-Gysin , Alexia Cusini , Yvonne Nussbaumer-Ochsner , Ulrich Heininger , Christoph Berger , Petra Zimmermann , Céline Gardiol , Olivia Keiser , Matthias Schlegel , Philipp Kohler , Stefan P Kuster

Swiss COVID-19 hospital surveillance: an in-depth analysis of the factors associated with hospital readmission dynamics in community-acquired COVID-19 cases.

Swiss medical weekly

Avec: Laure Vancauwenberghe , Maroussia Roelens , Laura Urbini , Anne Iten , Marie-Céline Zanella , Kene Nwosu , Domenica Flury , Michael Buettcher , Danielle Vuichard-Gysin , Carlo Balmelli , Sarah Tschudin-Sutter , Peter W Schreiber , Nicolas Troillet , Rami Sommerstein , Philipp Jent , Valentin Buchter , Jonathan Sobel , Olivia Keiser , Janne Estill

Outbreak of hepatitis C virus infections originating from a breach in safe injection practices before contrast-enhanced computed tomography scanning.

The Journal of hospital infection

Avec: C Balmelli , G Merlani , G Martinetti , D Reinholz , S Paolucci , F Baldanti , A Piralla , F Del Grande , E Bernasconi

Factors determining the adherence to antimicrobial guidelines and the adoption of computerised decision support systems by physicians: A qualitative study in three European hospitals.

International journal of medical informatics

Avec: Gaud Catho , Nicolò Saverio Centemero , Heloïse Catho , Alice Ranzani , Carlo Balmelli , Caroline Landelle , Veronica Zanichelli , Benedikt David Huttner , Auteur inconnu

Diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for prolonged SARS-CoV-2 viral shedding in lower respiratory tract samples of critically ill patients.

Endocrine

Avec: Niccolò Buetti , Pierpaolo Trimboli , Timothy Mazzuchelli , Elia Lo Priore , Carlo Balmelli , Alexandra Trkola , Marco Conti , Gladys Martinetti , Luigia Elzi , Alessandro Ceschi , Vera Consonni , Adam Ogna , Valentina Forni-Ogna , Enos Bernasconi

Evolution of COVID-19 mortality over time: results from the Swiss hospital surveillance system (CH-SUR).

Swiss medical weekly

Avec: Maroussia Roelens , Alexis Martin , Brian Friker , Filipe Maximiano Sousa , Amaury Thiabaud , Beatriz Vidondo , Valentin Buchter , Céline Gardiol , Jasmin Vonlanthen , Carlo Balmelli , Manuel Battegay , Christoph Berger , Michael Buettcher , Alexia Cusini , Domenica Flury , Ulrich Heininger , Anita Niederer-Loher , Thomas Riedel , Peter W Schreiber , Rami Sommerstein , Nicolas Troillet , Sarah Tschudin-Sutter , Pauline Vetter , Sara Bernhard-Stirnemann , Natascia Corti , Roman Gaudenz , Jonas Marschall , Yvonne Nussbaumer-Ochsner , Laurence Senn , Danielle Vuichard-Gysin , Petra Zimmermann , Franziska Zucol , Anne Iten , Olivia Keiser

Nosocomial influenza in south-western Swiss hospitals during two seasonal epidemics: an observational study.

The Journal of hospital infection

Avec: L Qalla-Widmer , D Héquet , N Troillet , C Petignat , C Balmelli , C Bassi , C Bellini , J-P Chave , A Cometta , L Christin , O Clerc , O Daher , U Fuehrer , O Marchetti , L Merz , V Portillo , G Pralong , L Sandoz , L Senn , F Tâche , A Iten

Réseau de co-auteurs

Carlo Balmelli 12 collaborations

Nicolas Troillet 8 collaborations

Danielle Vuichard-Gysin 7 collaborations

Rami Sommerstein 6 collaborations

Andreas Widmer 6 collaborations

Céline Gardiol 6 collaborations

Anne Iten 6 collaborations

Domenica Flury 6 collaborations

Peter W Schreiber 6 collaborations

Olivia Keiser 6 collaborations

None None 5 collaborations

Maroussia Roelens 5 collaborations

Alexia Cusini 5 collaborations

Michael Buettcher 5 collaborations

Amaury Thiabaud 4 collaborations

Petra Zimmermann 4 collaborations

Sarah Tschudin-Sutter 4 collaborations

Yvonne Nussbaumer-Ochsner 4 collaborations

Roman Gaudenz 4 collaborations

Jonas Marschall 3 collaborations

Stephan Harbarth 3 collaborations

Sara Bernhard-Stirnemann 3 collaborations

Laurence Senn 3 collaborations

Natascia Corti 3 collaborations

Lauro Damonti 3 collaborations

Ulrich Heininger 3 collaborations

Christoph Berger 3 collaborations

Mohamed Abbas 2 collaborations

Matthias Schlegel 2 collaborations

Walter Zingg 2 collaborations

Aliki Metsini 2 collaborations

Michael Behnke 2 collaborations

Didier Pittet 2 collaborations

Filipe Maximiano Sousa 2 collaborations

Beatriz Vidondo 2 collaborations

Thomas Riedel 2 collaborations

Franziska Zucol 2 collaborations

Anita Niederer-Loher 2 collaborations

Marie-Céline Zanella 2 collaborations

Philipp Jent 2 collaborations

Valentin Buchter 2 collaborations

Christoph Andreas Fux 1 collaboration

Dionysios Neofytos 1 collaboration

Romain Martischang 1 collaboration

Niccolo Buetti 1 collaboration

Mirko Saam 1 collaboration

Brian Fricker 1 collaboration

Franziska Zukol 1 collaboration

Gertraud Schüpbach 1 collaboration

Monica Wymann 1 collaboration

None Ch-Sur Study Group 1 collaboration

Georg Marcus Fröhlich 1 collaboration

Marlieke E A De Kraker 1 collaboration

Julien Sauser 1 collaboration

Miriam Vázquez 1 collaboration

Christoph Kuhm 1 collaboration

Anita Uka 1 collaboration

Tobias Breidthardt 1 collaboration

Nora Brunner-Schaub 1 collaboration

Catharina Balmelli 1 collaboration

Juan Jose Sancho Insenser 1 collaboration

Katrin Burri-Winkler 1 collaboration

Nicolas Geigy 1 collaboration

Lukas Mundorff 1 collaboration

Aristomenis Exadaktylos 1 collaboration

Julia Scholz 1 collaboration

Philip Haaf 1 collaboration

Christian Hamel 1 collaboration

Daniel Frey 1 collaboration

Karen Delport 1 collaboration

W Frank Peacock 1 collaboration

Michael Freese 1 collaboration

Salvatore DiSomma 1 collaboration

John Todd 1 collaboration

Katharina Rentsch 1 collaboration

Roland Bingisser 1 collaboration

Christian Mueller 1 collaboration

Joan Walter 1 collaboration

Raphael Twerenbold 1 collaboration

Thomas Nestelberger 1 collaboration

Jasper Boeddinghaus 1 collaboration

Patrick Badertscher 1 collaboration

Jeanne du Fay de Lavallaz 1 collaboration

Christian Puelacher 1 collaboration

Karin Wildi 1 collaboration

Tamara Dörr 1 collaboration

Sabine Güsewell 1 collaboration

Maria Süveges 1 collaboration

Camille Beatrice Gaza Valera 1 collaboration

Sara Botero-Mesa 1 collaboration

Lea Portmann 1 collaboration

Philipp Kohler 1 collaboration

Stefan P Kuster 1 collaboration

Laure Vancauwenberghe 1 collaboration

Laura Urbini 1 collaboration

Kene Nwosu 1 collaboration

Jonathan Sobel 1 collaboration

Janne Estill 1 collaboration

G Merlani 1 collaboration

G Martinetti 1 collaboration

D Reinholz 1 collaboration

S Paolucci 1 collaboration

F Baldanti 1 collaboration

A Piralla 1 collaboration

F Del Grande 1 collaboration

E Bernasconi 1 collaboration

Gaud Catho 1 collaboration

Nicolò Saverio Centemero 1 collaboration

Heloïse Catho 1 collaboration

Alice Ranzani 1 collaboration

Caroline Landelle 1 collaboration

Veronica Zanichelli 1 collaboration

Benedikt David Huttner 1 collaboration

Niccolò Buetti 1 collaboration

Pierpaolo Trimboli 1 collaboration

Timothy Mazzuchelli 1 collaboration

Elia Lo Priore 1 collaboration

Alexandra Trkola 1 collaboration

Marco Conti 1 collaboration

Gladys Martinetti 1 collaboration

Luigia Elzi 1 collaboration

Alessandro Ceschi 1 collaboration

Vera Consonni 1 collaboration

Adam Ogna 1 collaboration

Valentina Forni-Ogna 1 collaboration

Enos Bernasconi 1 collaboration

Alexis Martin 1 collaboration

Brian Friker 1 collaboration

Jasmin Vonlanthen 1 collaboration

Manuel Battegay 1 collaboration

Pauline Vetter 1 collaboration

L Qalla-Widmer 1 collaboration

D Héquet 1 collaboration

N Troillet 1 collaboration

C Petignat 1 collaboration

C Bassi 1 collaboration

C Bellini 1 collaboration

J-P Chave 1 collaboration

A Cometta 1 collaboration

L Christin 1 collaboration

O Clerc 1 collaboration

O Daher 1 collaboration

U Fuehrer 1 collaboration

O Marchetti 1 collaboration

L Merz 1 collaboration

V Portillo 1 collaboration

G Pralong 1 collaboration

L Sandoz 1 collaboration

L Senn 1 collaboration

F Tâche 1 collaboration

A Iten 1 collaboration