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Lauren Clack
Researcher at University of Zurich
Publications - 47
Citations - 889
Lauren Clack is an academic researcher from University of Zurich. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Health care. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 34 publications receiving 638 citations. Previous affiliations of Lauren Clack include World Health Organization & University of Geneva.
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Hospital organisation, management, and structure for prevention of health-care-associated infection: a systematic review and expert consensus
Walter Zingg,Alison Holmes,Markus Dettenkofer,Tim Goetting,Federica Secci,Lauren Clack,Benedetta Allegranzi,Anna-Pelagia Magiorakos,Didier Pittet +8 more
TL;DR: A systematic review of studies identified crucial elements for the organisation of effective infection-prevention programmes in hospitals and key components for implementation of monitoring to reduce health-care-associated infections and improve patients' safety.
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The preventable proportion of healthcare-associated infections 2005-2016: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
TL;DR: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 5,226 articles published between 2005 and 2016 assessing multifaceted interventions to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), central-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), surgical site infections (SSIs), ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), and hospital-acquired pneumonia not associated with mechanical ventilation (HAP) in acute-care or long-term care settings is presented in this paper.
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Prevention of hospital infections by intervention and training (PROHIBIT): results of a pan-European cluster-randomized multicentre study to reduce central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections.
Tjallie van der Kooi,Hugo Sax,Hugo Sax,Didier Pittet,Jaap T. van Dissel,Birgit H. B. van Benthem,Bernhard Walder,Vanessa Cartier,Lauren Clack,Sabine C. de Greeff,Martin Wolkewitz,Stefanie Hieke,Hendriek C. Boshuizen,Jan van de Kassteele,Annemie Van den Abeele,Teck Wee Boo,Magda Diab-Elschahawi,Uga Dumpis,Camelia Ghita,Susan FitzGerald,Tatjana Lejko,Kris Leleu,Mercedes Palomar Martinez,O. Paniara,Márta Patyi,Paweł Schab,Annibale Raglio,Emese Szilagyi,Mirosław Ziętkiewicz,Albert W. Wu,Hajo Grundmann,Hajo Grundmann,Walter Zingg,Walter Zingg +33 more
TL;DR: This study demonstrates that multimodal prevention strategies aiming at improving CVC insertion practice and HH reduce CRBSI in diverse European ICUs.
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Mental models: a basic concept for human factors design in infection prevention
Hugo Sax,Lauren Clack +1 more
TL;DR: The concept of mental models is reviewed and how it can be used to improve hand hygiene and patient safety is considered.
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Implementing infection prevention practices across European hospitals: an in-depth qualitative assessment
Lauren Clack,Walter Zingg,Sanjay Saint,Alejandra Casillas,Sylvie Touveneau,Fabricio da Liberdade Jantarada,Ursina Willi,Ursina Willi,Tjallie van der Kooi,Laura J. Damschroder,Jane Forman,Molly Harrod,Sarah L. Krein,Didier Pittet,Hugo Sax +14 more
TL;DR: An in-depth investigation of the main barriers, facilitators and contextual factors relevant to successfully implementing multiple strategies to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infection in European acute care hospitals is reported.