Didier Pittet

Didier Pittet (born 20 March 1957 in Geneva, Switzerland) is an infectious diseases expert and the director of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20121022154836/http://maladiesinfectieuses.hug-ge.ch/prevention_infection/cv_didier_pittet.html Infection Control Programme] and [http://apps.who.int/whocc/List.aspx?cc_code=swi WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety], [https://www.hug.ch University Hospital of Geneva], Geneva, Switzerland. Since 2005, Pittet is also the External Lead of the World Health Organization (WHO) [https://web.archive.org/web/20060914212733/http://www.who.int/gpsc/en/ Global Patient Safety Challenge "Clean Care is Safer Care"] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120317190651/http://www.who.int/patientsafety/implementation/apps/en/ African Partnerships for Patient Safety].

In the 2007 New Year Honours List, Didier Pittet was awarded the Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in recognition of his services related to the prevention of healthcare-associated infections in the UK. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Improving Adherence to Hand Hygiene Practice: A Multidisciplinary Approach

    Improving Adherence to Hand Hygiene Practice: A Multidisciplinary Approach by Didier Pittet

    Published 2001-04-01
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    Le devoir de mémoire: Professor Didier Pittet’s reflections on an international career defying boundaries and expectations

    Le devoir de mémoire: Professor Didier Pittet’s reflections on an international career defying boundaries and expectations by Didier Pittet

    Published 2024-01-01
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    Influenza and Alcohol-Based Handrub: the Danger of Ignoring Clinical Relevance

    Influenza and Alcohol-Based Handrub: the Danger of Ignoring Clinical Relevance by Alexandra Peters, Didier Pittet

    Published 2019-12-01
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    Clean Hospitals Day 2023 marks the global launch of a self-assessment tool

    Clean Hospitals Day 2023 marks the global launch of a self-assessment tool by Alexandra Peters, Pierre Parneix, Didier Pittet

    Published 2023-10-01
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    The great nursing brain drain and its effects on patient safety

    The great nursing brain drain and its effects on patient safety by Alexandra Peters, Rafael Palomo, Didier Pittet

    Published 2020-04-01
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    The WHO Clean Care is Safer Care programme: Field-testing to enhance sustainability and spread of hand hygiene improvements

    The WHO Clean Care is Safer Care programme: Field-testing to enhance sustainability and spread of hand hygiene improvements by Didier Pittet, Benedetta Allegranzi, Julie Storr

    Published 2008-01-01
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    The Crucial Role of Midwives in Preventing Maternal Sepsis: It All Started in a Maternity Ward

    The Crucial Role of Midwives in Preventing Maternal Sepsis: It All Started in a Maternity Ward by Alexandra Peters, Sotoudeh Ghasemi, Didier Pittet

    Published 2020-04-01
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    Clean Your Hands 5th May 2017: 'Fight antibiotic resistance - it's in your hands'

    Clean Your Hands 5th May 2017: 'Fight antibiotic resistance - it's in your hands' by Ermira Tartari, Daniela Pires, Didier Pittet

    Published 2017-05-01
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    Clean Hospitals Day 2023 marks the global launch of a self-assessment tool

    Clean Hospitals Day 2023 marks the global launch of a self-assessment tool by Alexandra Peters, Pierre Parneix, Didier Pittet

    Published 2023-12-01
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    “Unite for safety – clean your hands”: the 5 May 2022 World Health Organization SAVE LIVES—Clean Your Hands campaign

    “Unite for safety – clean your hands”: the 5 May 2022 World Health Organization SAVE LIVES—Clean Your Hands campaign by Ermira Tartari, Claire Kilpatrick, Benedetta Allegranzi, Didier Pittet

    Published 2022-04-01
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    A ‘whole of United Nations approach’ to tackle antimicrobial resistance? A mapping of the mandate and activities of international organisations

    A ‘whole of United Nations approach’ to tackle antimicrobial resistance? A mapping of the mandate and activities of international organisations by Stephan Harbarth, Didier Pittet, Didier Wernli, Nicolas Levrat

    Published 2022-05-01
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    Why language matters: a tour through hand hygiene literature

    Why language matters: a tour through hand hygiene literature by Daniela Pires, Ermira Tartari, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Didier Pittet

    Published 2017-06-01
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    Emojis in public health and how they might be used for hand hygiene and infection prevention and control

    Emojis in public health and how they might be used for hand hygiene and infection prevention and control by Nasim Lotfinejad, Reza Assadi, Mohammad Hassan Aelami, Didier Pittet

    Published 2020-02-01
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    The voice of nurses in hospital epidemiology and infection control: An example from the 19th century

    The voice of nurses in hospital epidemiology and infection control: An example from the 19th century by Romain Martischang, Alexandra Peters, Andrés Nicolás Reart, Didier Pittet

    Published 2020-07-01
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    Train-the-Trainers in hand hygiene facilitate the implementation of the WHO hand hygiene multimodal improvement strategy in Japan: evidence for the role of local trainers, adaptation, and sustainability

    Train-the-Trainers in hand hygiene facilitate the implementation of the WHO hand hygiene multimodal improvement strategy in Japan: evidence for the role of local trainers, adaptati... by Hiroki Saito, Koh Okamoto, Carolina Fankhauser, Ermira Tartari, Didier Pittet

    Published 2023-06-01
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    Local production of WHO-recommended alcohol-based handrubs: feasibility, advantages, barriers and costs

    Local production of WHO-recommended alcohol-based handrubs: feasibility, advantages, barriers and costs by Joanna Bauer-Savage, Didier Pittet, EunMi Kim, Benedetta Allegranzi

    Published 2013-12-01
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    World Health Organization World Hand Hygiene Day, 5 May 2024. SAVE LIVES: clean your hands campaign: promoting knowledge and capacity building on infection prevention and control, including hand hygiene, among health and care workers

    World Health Organization World Hand Hygiene Day, 5 May 2024. SAVE LIVES: clean your hands campaign: promoting knowledge and capacity building on infection prevention and control,... by Claire Kilpatrick, Ermira Tartari, Miranda Deeves, Didier Pittet, Benedetta Allegranzi

    Published 2024-04-01
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    Acceptability of an alcohol-based handrub gel with superfatting agents among healthcare workers: a randomized crossover controlled study

    Acceptability of an alcohol-based handrub gel with superfatting agents among healthcare workers: a randomized crossover controlled study by Alexandra Peters, Jennifer Carry, Charlotte Cave, Julien Sauser, Didier Pittet

    Published 2022-07-01
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    Should this event be notified to the World Health Organization? reliability of the international health regulations notification assessment process

    Should this event be notified to the World Health Organization? reliability of the international health regulations notification assessment process by Thomas Haustein, Helge Hollmeyer, Max Hardiman, Stephan Harbarth, Didier Pittet

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    Nosocomial Bloodstream Infection and Clinical Sepsis

    Nosocomial Bloodstream Infection and Clinical Sepsis by Stéphane Hugonnet, Hugo Sax, Philippe Eggimann, Jean-Claude Chevrolet, Didier Pittet

    Published 2004-01-01
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