W Zingg

Affiliations

Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland; National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College of London, London, UK. Electronic address: Walter.Zingg@hcuge.ch.

Publications (20)

Antimicrobial resistance in southern China: results of prospective surveillance in Dongguan city, 2017.

The Journal of hospital infection

Avec: J Wang , M Zhou , G Huang , Z Guo , J Sauser , A Metsini , D Pittet , W Zingg

Implementation research for the prevention of antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections; 2017 Geneva infection prevention and control (IPC)-think tank (part 1).

Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

Avec: Walter Zingg , Julie Storr , Benjamin J Park , Raheelah Ahmad , Carolyn Tarrant , Enrique Castro-Sanchez , Sara Tomczyk , Claire Kilpatrick , Benedetta Allegranzi , Denise Cardo , Didier Pittet , Auteur inconnu

Analysis of the challenges in implementing guidelines to prevent the spread of multidrug-resistant gram-negatives in Europe.

BMJ open

Avec: Evelina Tacconelli , Michael Buhl , Hilary Humphreys , Veronika Malek , Elisabeth Presterl , Jesús Rodriguez-Baño , Margreet C Vos , Walter Zingg , Nico T Mutters , Auteur inconnu

Implementation of infection prevention and control in acute care hospitals in Mainland China - a systematic review.

Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

Avec: Jiancong Wang , Fangfei Liu , Jamie Bee Xian Tan , Stephan Harbarth , Didier Pittet , Walter Zingg

Explosive nosocomial outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in a rehabilitation clinic: the limits of genomics for outbreak reconstruction.

The Journal of hospital infection

Avec: M Abbas , T Robalo Nunes , A Cori , S Cordey , F Laubscher , S Baggio , T Jombart , A Iten , L Vieux , D Teixeira , M Perez , D Pittet , E Frangos , C E Graf , W Zingg , S Harbarth

Distribution of low quality filtering facepiece respirators during the COVID-19 pandemic: an independent analysis of the situation in Switzerland.

Swiss medical weekly

Avec: Jean-Romain Delaloye , David Vernez , Guillaume Suarez , Damien de Courten , Walter Zingg , Vincent Perret , César M J A Metzger , Gilles Richner

Macro level influences on strategic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic - an international survey and tool for national assessments.

Journal of global health

Avec: Raheelah Ahmad , Rifat A Atun , Gabriel Birgand , Enrique Castro-Sánchez , Esmita Charani , Ewan B Ferlie , Izhar Hussain , Andrew Kambugu , Jaime Labarca , Gabriel Levy Hara , Martin McKee , Marc Mendelson , Sanjeev Singh , Jay Varma , Nina J Zhu , Walter Zingg , Alison H Holmes , Auteur inconnu

Erratum: Considerations for de-escalating universal masking in healthcare centers - CORRIGENDUM.

Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE

Avec: Gabriel Birgand , Caroline Landelle , James R Price , Nico T Mutters , Daniel J Morgan , Jean-Christophe Lucet , Solen Kerneis , Walter Zingg

An outbreak of multi-drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii on a burns ICU and its control with multi-faceted containment measures.

The Journal of hospital infection

Avec: T Obenhuber , T C Scheier , T Stutz , M Hug , D Fontein , A Kaiser , S Schoene , P Steiger , S D Brugger , W Zingg , P W Schreiber

Trends in surveillance indicators for central catheter-associated bloodstream infections in a tertiary hospital in Switzerland.

The Journal of hospital infection

Avec: Tilman Obenhuber , Marc Pfister , Claudine Reiber , Mesida Dunic , Christian Falk , Walter Zingg , Peter W Schreiber

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

Effect of Wearing a Novel Electronic Wearable Device on Hand Hygiene Compliance Among Health Care Workers: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.

JAMA network open

Avec: Daniela Pires , Angele Gayet-Ageron , Chloe Guitart , Yves-Alain Robert , Carolina Fankhauser , Ermira Tartari , Alexandra Peters , Funda Tymurkaynak , Simon Fourquier , Herve Soule , Rene Beuchat , Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues , Yves Martin , Walter Zingg , Didier Pittet

Ultraviolet disinfection robots to improve hospital cleaning: Real promise or just a gimmick?

Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

Avec: Magda Diab-El Schahawi , Walter Zingg , Margreet Vos , Hilary Humphreys , Lorena Lopez-Cerero , Astrid Fueszl , Jean Ralph Zahar , Elisabeth Presterl , Auteur inconnu

Evaluation of existing and desired measures to monitor, prevent and control healthcare-associated infections in Swiss hospitals.

Swiss medical weekly

Avec: Aliki Metsini , Andreas Widmer , Walter Zingg , Céline Gardiol , Danielle Vuichard-Gysin , Marcus Eder , Judith Maag , Matthias Schlegel , Jonas Marschall , Stephan Harbarth , Rami Sommerstein , Auteur inconnu

Estimating incidence and attributable length of stay of healthcare-associated infections-Modeling the Swiss point-prevalence survey.

Infection control and hospital epidemiology

Avec: Sam Doerken , Aliki Metsini , Sabina Buyet , Aline Wolfensberger , Walter Zingg , Martin Wolkewitz

What does antimicrobial stewardship look like where you are? Global narratives from participants in a massive open online course.

JAC-antimicrobial resistance

Avec: Vrinda Nampoothiri , Candice Bonaconsa , Surya Surendran , Oluchi Mbamalu , Winnie Nambatya , Peter Ahabwe Babigumira , Raheelah Ahmad , Enrique Castro-Sanchez , Alex Broom , Julia Szymczak , Walter Zingg , Mark Gilchrist , Alison Holmes , Marc Mendelson , Sanjeev Singh , Monsey McLeod , Esmita Charani

Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy for typing of vancomycin-resistant

Microbiology spectrum

Avec: T C Scheier , J Franz , M Boumasmoud , F Andreoni , B Chakrakodi , B Duvnjak , A Egli , W Zingg , A Ramette , A Wolfensberger , R D Kouyos , S D Brugger

To see, or not to see… pathogens in virtual reality hand hygiene training.

Infection control and hospital epidemiology

Avec: Aline Wolfensberger , Juliette C Désiron , Beatrice Domenech-Jakob , Dominik Petko , Walter Zingg

Broadening the infection prevention and control network globally; 2017 Geneva IPC-think tank (part 3).

Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

Avec: Walter Zingg , Julie Storr , Benjamin J Park , John A Jernigan , Stephan Harbarth , M Lindsay Grayson , Evelina Tacconelli , Benedetta Allegranzi , Denise Cardo , Didier Pittet , Auteur inconnu

Hand hygiene promotion delivered by change agents-Two attitudes, similar outcome.

Infection control and hospital epidemiology

Avec: Yew Fong Lee , Mary-Louise McLaws , Loke Meng Ong , Suraya Amir Husin , Hock Hin Chua , See Yin Wong , Didier Pittet , Walter Zingg

Réseau de co-auteurs

Walter Zingg 16 collaborations

None None 7 collaborations

Didier Pittet 6 collaborations

Raheelah Ahmad 3 collaborations

Stephan Harbarth 3 collaborations

Aliki Metsini 3 collaborations

D Pittet 2 collaborations

Julie Storr 2 collaborations

Benjamin J Park 2 collaborations

Enrique Castro-Sanchez 2 collaborations

Benedetta Allegranzi 2 collaborations

Denise Cardo 2 collaborations

Evelina Tacconelli 2 collaborations

Hilary Humphreys 2 collaborations

Elisabeth Presterl 2 collaborations

Nico T Mutters 2 collaborations

Gabriel Birgand 2 collaborations

Esmita Charani 2 collaborations

Marc Mendelson 2 collaborations

Sanjeev Singh 2 collaborations

T C Scheier 2 collaborations

S D Brugger 2 collaborations

Céline Gardiol 2 collaborations

Andreas Widmer 2 collaborations

Aline Wolfensberger 2 collaborations

J Wang 1 collaboration

M Zhou 1 collaboration

G Huang 1 collaboration

Z Guo 1 collaboration

J Sauser 1 collaboration

A Metsini 1 collaboration

Carolyn Tarrant 1 collaboration

Sara Tomczyk 1 collaboration

Claire Kilpatrick 1 collaboration

Michael Buhl 1 collaboration

Veronika Malek 1 collaboration

Jesús Rodriguez-Baño 1 collaboration

Margreet C Vos 1 collaboration

Jiancong Wang 1 collaboration

Fangfei Liu 1 collaboration

Jamie Bee Xian Tan 1 collaboration

M Abbas 1 collaboration

T Robalo Nunes 1 collaboration

A Cori 1 collaboration

S Cordey 1 collaboration

F Laubscher 1 collaboration

S Baggio 1 collaboration

T Jombart 1 collaboration

A Iten 1 collaboration

L Vieux 1 collaboration

D Teixeira 1 collaboration

M Perez 1 collaboration

E Frangos 1 collaboration

C E Graf 1 collaboration

S Harbarth 1 collaboration

Jean-Romain Delaloye 1 collaboration

David Vernez 1 collaboration

Guillaume Suarez 1 collaboration

Damien de Courten 1 collaboration

Vincent Perret 1 collaboration

César M J A Metzger 1 collaboration

Gilles Richner 1 collaboration

Rifat A Atun 1 collaboration

Enrique Castro-Sánchez 1 collaboration

Ewan B Ferlie 1 collaboration

Izhar Hussain 1 collaboration

Andrew Kambugu 1 collaboration

Jaime Labarca 1 collaboration

Gabriel Levy Hara 1 collaboration

Martin McKee 1 collaboration

Jay Varma 1 collaboration

Nina J Zhu 1 collaboration

Alison H Holmes 1 collaboration

Caroline Landelle 1 collaboration

James R Price 1 collaboration

Daniel J Morgan 1 collaboration

Jean-Christophe Lucet 1 collaboration

Solen Kerneis 1 collaboration

T Obenhuber 1 collaboration

T Stutz 1 collaboration

M Hug 1 collaboration

D Fontein 1 collaboration

A Kaiser 1 collaboration

S Schoene 1 collaboration

P Steiger 1 collaboration

P W Schreiber 1 collaboration

Tilman Obenhuber 1 collaboration

Marc Pfister 1 collaboration

Claudine Reiber 1 collaboration

Mesida Dunic 1 collaboration

Christian Falk 1 collaboration

Peter W Schreiber 1 collaboration

Carlo Balmelli 1 collaboration

Dionysios Neofytos 1 collaboration

Michael Behnke 1 collaboration

Daniela Pires 1 collaboration

Angele Gayet-Ageron 1 collaboration

Chloe Guitart 1 collaboration

Yves-Alain Robert 1 collaboration

Carolina Fankhauser 1 collaboration

Ermira Tartari 1 collaboration

Alexandra Peters 1 collaboration

Funda Tymurkaynak 1 collaboration

Simon Fourquier 1 collaboration

Herve Soule 1 collaboration

Rene Beuchat 1 collaboration

Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues 1 collaboration

Yves Martin 1 collaboration

Magda Diab-El Schahawi 1 collaboration

Margreet Vos 1 collaboration

Lorena Lopez-Cerero 1 collaboration

Astrid Fueszl 1 collaboration

Jean Ralph Zahar 1 collaboration

Danielle Vuichard-Gysin 1 collaboration

Marcus Eder 1 collaboration

Judith Maag 1 collaboration

Matthias Schlegel 1 collaboration

Jonas Marschall 1 collaboration

Rami Sommerstein 1 collaboration

Sam Doerken 1 collaboration

Sabina Buyet 1 collaboration

Martin Wolkewitz 1 collaboration

Vrinda Nampoothiri 1 collaboration

Candice Bonaconsa 1 collaboration

Surya Surendran 1 collaboration

Oluchi Mbamalu 1 collaboration

Winnie Nambatya 1 collaboration

Peter Ahabwe Babigumira 1 collaboration

Alex Broom 1 collaboration

Julia Szymczak 1 collaboration

Mark Gilchrist 1 collaboration

Alison Holmes 1 collaboration

Monsey McLeod 1 collaboration

J Franz 1 collaboration

M Boumasmoud 1 collaboration

F Andreoni 1 collaboration

B Chakrakodi 1 collaboration

B Duvnjak 1 collaboration

A Egli 1 collaboration

A Ramette 1 collaboration

A Wolfensberger 1 collaboration

R D Kouyos 1 collaboration

Juliette C Désiron 1 collaboration

Beatrice Domenech-Jakob 1 collaboration

Dominik Petko 1 collaboration

John A Jernigan 1 collaboration

M Lindsay Grayson 1 collaboration

Yew Fong Lee 1 collaboration

Mary-Louise McLaws 1 collaboration

Loke Meng Ong 1 collaboration

Suraya Amir Husin 1 collaboration

Hock Hin Chua 1 collaboration

See Yin Wong 1 collaboration