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Effectiveness of chlorhexidine dressings to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections. Does one size fit all? A systematic literature review and meta-analysis

Overview of attention for article published in Infection control and hospital epidemiology (Online), September 2020
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (78th percentile)
  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (64th percentile)

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Article details
Title
Effectiveness of chlorhexidine dressings to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections. Does one size fit all? A systematic literature review and meta-analysis
Published in
Infection control and hospital epidemiology (Online), September 2020
DOI 10.1017/ice.2020.356
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 93 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 14 15%
Researcher 9 10%
Student > Bachelor 8 9%
Other 6 6%
Student > Postgraduate 5 5%
Other 11 12%
Unknown 40 43%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 20 22%
Medicine and Dentistry 13 14%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 5 5%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 2 2%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 2%
Other 7 8%
Unknown 44 47%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 January 2025.
All research outputs
#5,829,585
of 34,411,289 outputs
Outputs from Infection control and hospital epidemiology (Online)
#2,014
of 6,159 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#95,700
of 442,956 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Infection control and hospital epidemiology (Online)
#50
of 142 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,411,289 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 83rd percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 6,159 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.3. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 67% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 142 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 64% of its contemporaries.