Development status and trend analysis on domestic sterile supply field based on highly cited literature
Objective To review the current status of highly cited literature in the field of sterile supply in China over the past 10 years,and to analyze the research hotspots and development trends in this field.Methods Highly cited journal articles in the field of sterile supply included in China National Knowledge Infrastructure from 2013 to 2022 were retrieved,and CiteSpace software was used to quantitatively and visually analyze 1 195 articles obtained.Results The overall number of highly cited literature in the field of sterile supply had shown a trend of first increasing and then decreasing in the past 10 years.Among them,19.67%of literature received scientific research funding,and 42.01%was published in core journals in the field of medicine and health.The construction of the theory system of sterile supply nursing and the quality control of instrument cleaning were the research attention of concern in the past 10 years,among which the cleaning,disinfection,and sterilization of oral instruments,implants,and luminal instruments was a continuous research hotspot.Conclusion Development in the field of sterile supply should focus on the selection of cleaning,disinfection,and sterilization methods,standards of technical operation,construction of quality control indicators,establishment of management systems,and research on intelligent management to sterile supply.