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List of works by William A Rutala

'No touch' technologies for environmental decontamination: focus on ultraviolet devices and hydrogen peroxide systems

scientific article published on June 2016

1141. Microbial Assessment of Healthcare-Associated Pathogens on Various Environmental Sites in Patient Rooms After Terminal Room Disinfection

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1143. Epidemiologic Characteristics of Outbreaks Associated With the Healthcare Environment

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1242. Quantitative Analysis of Microbial Burden on LTCF Environmental Surfaces

1727. Sustained Antimicrobial Activity of a Novel Disinfectant Against Healthcare Pathogens

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A Prolonged Outbreak of KPC-3-Producing Enterobacter cloacae and Klebsiella pneumoniae Driven by Multiple Mechanisms of Resistance Transmission at a Large Academic Burn Center

scientific article published on 05 December 2016

A case of triplicate publication

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

A case study of a real-time evaluation of the risk of disease transmission associated with a failure to follow recommended sterilization procedures

scientific article

A comparison of environmental contamination by patients infected or colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant enterococci: a multicenter study

scientific article

A quantitative approach to defining "high-touch" surfaces in hospitals

scientific article published in August 2010

Application of Dilute Hydrogen Peroxide Gas Technology for Continuous Room Decontamination of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Negative Results from A Preliminary Experimental Study.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Are room decontamination units needed to prevent transmission of environmental pathogens?

scientific article published on 01 August 2011

Assessing the risk of disease transmission to patients when there is a failure to follow recommended disinfection and sterilization guidelines ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2013

Assessment of Self-Contamination During Removal of Personal Protective Equipment for Ebola Patient Care

scientific article published on August 2016

Assessment of a Mandatory Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis Vaccination Requirement on Vaccine Uptake over Time ⬇️

scientific article published on December 7, 2011

A Preliminary Study of Germicidal Efficacy against Candida auris

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Bacterial contamination of keyboards: efficacy and functional impact of disinfectants

scientific article

Can Copper-Coated Surfaces Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections?

scientific article published on July 2017

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: frequency of hospital room contamination and survival on various inoculated surfaces

scientific article published on 9 February 2015

Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections: Prevention and Management ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

Changes in the incidence of health care-associated pathogens at a university hospital from 2005 to 2011.

scientific article published on 26 April 2014

Comparative Phylogenomic Analysis of Escherichia coli ST131 Isolates and IncF-type Plasmids from North Carolina Community Hospitals and Other Regions of the United States

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Comparative efficacy of hand hygiene agents in the reduction of bacteria and viruses

scientific article

Comparative evaluation of the microbicidal activity of low-temperature sterilization technologies to steam sterilization

scientific article published on 26 February 2020

Comparison of hospitalwide surveillance and targeted intensive care unit surveillance of healthcare-associated infections

scientific article published on November 2007

Completeness of Surveillance Data Reported by the National Healthcare Safety Network: An Analysis of Healthcare-Associated Infections Ascertained in a Tertiary Care Hospital, 2010 ⬇️

scientific article published on December 5, 2011

Compliance with isolation precautions at a university hospital

scientific article

Continuous room decontamination technologies.

scientific article published in June 2019

Control of healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus: Survey of practices in North Carolina hospitals

scientific article published on 01 September 2009

Coronavirus survival on healthcare personal protective equipment

scientific article published on May 2010

Current principles and practices; new research; and new technologies in disinfection, sterilization, and antisepsis ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 May 2013

Decontamination of targeted pathogens from patient rooms using an automated ultraviolet-C-emitting device

scientific article published on May 2013

Descriptive analysis of healthcare-associated infections other than bloodstream, respiratory, urinary tract, or surgical site infections, 2001-2011.

scientific article published on 29 October 2012

Device-related infections in home health care and hospice: infection rates, 1998-2008

scientific article published on 01 October 2009

Disinfectants used for environmental disinfection and new room decontamination technology ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2013

Disinfection and Sterilization in Health Care Facilities: An Overview and Current Issues

scientific article

Disinfection and sterilization in health care facilities: what clinicians need to know

scientific article

Disinfection and sterilization: An overview ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2013

Disinfection of a probe used in ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy

scientific article published on 22 June 2007

Disinfection of an infrared coagulation device used to treat hemorrhoids ⬇️

scientific article published on August 11, 2011

Disinfection, sterilization, and antisepsis: An overview

scientific article published on May 2016

Does coating all room surfaces with an ultraviolet C light-nanoreflective coating improve decontamination compared with coating only the walls?

scientific article published on 03 February 2014

ERCP scopes: what can we do to prevent infections?

scientific article

Economic and Microbiologic Evaluation of Single-Dose Vial Extension for Hazardous Drugs ⬇️

scientific article published on June 12, 2012

Effect of single- versus double-gloving on virus transfer to health care workers’ skin and clothing during removal of personal protective equipment ⬇️

scientific article published on August 10, 2011

Effective High-Level Disinfection of Cystoscopes: Is Perfusion of Channels Required?

scientific article

Effectiveness of a Hydrogen Peroxide Mist (Trophon) System in Inactivating Healthcare Pathogens on Surface and Endocavitary Probes

scientific article published on 4 February 2016

Effectiveness of improved hydrogen peroxide in decontaminating privacy curtains contaminated with multidrug-resistant pathogens

scientific article published on April 2014

Effectiveness of targeted enhanced terminal room disinfection on hospital-wide acquisition and infection with multidrug-resistant organisms and Clostridium difficile: a secondary analysis of a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial with cro

scientific article published on 04 June 2018

Effectiveness of ultraviolet devices and hydrogen peroxide systems for terminal room decontamination: Focus on clinical trials

scientific article published on May 2016

Effects of air temperature and relative humidity on coronavirus survival on surfaces

scientific article published on 12 March 2010

Effects of long-term storage on sterility of medical supplies

scientific article published in May 2006

Efficacy of Improved Hydrogen Peroxide against Important Healthcare-Associated Pathogens ⬇️

scientific article published on September 21, 2012

Efficacy of a washer-disinfector in eliminating healthcare-associated pathogens from surgical instruments

scientific article published on 20 May 2014

Efficacy of different cleaning and disinfection methods against Clostridium difficile spores: importance of physical removal versus sporicidal inactivation

scientific article published on October 25, 2012

Efficacy of hospital germicides against adenovirus 8, a common cause of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis in health care facilities

scientific article published in April 2006

Efficacy of selected hand hygiene agents used to remove Bacillus atrophaeus (a surrogate of Bacillus anthracis) from contaminated hands

scientific article published in March 2003

Emerging infectious diseases: Focus on infection control issues for novel coronaviruses (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-CoV and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-CoV), hemorrhagic fever viruses (Lassa and Ebola), and highly pathogenic avian influe

scientific article

Enhanced terminal room disinfection and acquisition and infection caused by multidrug-resistant organisms and Clostridium difficile (the Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room Disinfection study): a cluster-randomised, multicentre, crossover study

scientific article published on 16 January 2017

Epidemiologic characteristics of health care-associated outbreaks and lessons learned from multiple outbreak investigations with a focus on the usefulness of routine molecular analysis

scientific article published on 16 March 2018

Frequency of contamination of single-patient-use nebulizers over time

scientific article published on 10 November 2014

From VAP to VAE: Implications of the New CDC Definitions on a Burn Intensive Care Unit Population

scientific article published on 17 April 2017

Gastrointestinal endoscopes: a need to shift from disinfection to sterilization?

scientific article published in October 2014

Genomic Analysis of Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli from North Carolina Community Hospitals: Ongoing Circulation of CTX-M-Producing ST131-H30Rx and ST131-H30R1 Strains

scientific article published on 5 June 2017

Germicidal Activity against Carbapenem/Colistin-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Using a Quantitative Carrier Test Method

scientific article published on 7 May 2018

Germicidal Activity against Carbapenem/Colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae Using a Quantitative Carrier Test Method.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Guideline for disinfection and sterilization of prion-contaminated medical instruments

scientific article published on 01 February 2010

Healthcare Outbreaks Associated With a Water Reservoir and Infection Prevention Strategies

scientific article

Healthcare worker with "pertussis": consequences of a false-positive polymerase chain reaction test result

scientific article published on 01 March 2010

Healthcare-Associated Mycobacterium chimaera Transmission and Infection Prevention Challenges: Role of Heater-Cooler Units as a Water Source in Cardiac Surgery

scientific article published on 7 December 2016

Healthcare-associated infections among patients in a large burn intensive care unit: incidence and pathogens, 2008-2012.

scientific article published on 2 September 2014

Hepatitis C Virus Outbreaks in Hemodialysis Centers: A Continuing Problem

scientific article published on February 2016

How to assess risk of disease transmission to patients when there is a failure to follow recommended disinfection and sterilization guidelines

scientific article published on 24 January 2007

How to improve influenza vaccine coverage of healthcare personnel

scientific article published on 16 December 2016

Immunization for vaccine-preventable diseases: why aren't we protecting our students?

scientific article published on 01 September 2011

Immunization of immunocompromised persons

scientific article published on November 2003

Impact of Safety-Engineered Devices on the Incidence of Occupational Blood and Body Fluid Exposures Among Healthcare Personnel in an Academic Facility, 2000-2014.

scientific article published on 9 February 2016

Impact of an oil-based lubricant on the effectiveness of the sterilization processes .

scientific article published in January 2008

Implementation Lessons Learned From the Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room (BETR) Disinfection Study: Process and Perceptions of Enhanced Disinfection with Ultraviolet Disinfection Devices

scientific article published on 14 January 2018

Inactivation of surrogate coronaviruses on hard surfaces by health care germicides ⬇️

scientific article published on January 22, 2011

Incidence of Catheter-Associated and Non-Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in a Healthcare System ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 August 2011

Invasive Cutaneous Rhizopus Infections in an Immunocompromised Patient Population Associated with Hospital Laundry Carts

scientific article published on 26 July 2016

July effect: impact of the academic year-end changeover on the incidence of healthcare-associated infections

scientific article published on 3 February 2014

Lessons Learned From Outbreaks and Pseudo-Outbreaks Associated with Bronchoscopy ⬇️

scientific article published on January 19, 2012

Lessons learned from a norovirus outbreak in a locked pediatric inpatient psychiatric unit

scientific article published in October 2005

Lessons learned: protection of healthcare workers from infectious disease risks

scientific article published on August 2010

Longitudinal trends in all healthcare-associated infections through comprehensive hospital-wide surveillance and infection control measures over the past 12 years: substantial burden of healthcare-associated infections outside of intensive care unit

scientific article

Managing the risk of nosocomial transmission of prion diseases

scientific article

Martin S. Favero, PhD.

scientific article published in June 2010

Microbial Assessment of High-, Medium-, and Low-Touch Hospital Room Surfaces ⬇️

scientific article published on December 18, 2012

Microbial contamination on used surgical instruments

scientific article published on 20 June 2014

Microbiologic evaluation of microfiber mops for surface disinfection

scientific article published on 01 November 2007

Microbiology of ventilator-associated pneumonia compared with that of hospital-acquired pneumonia

scientific article published on 17 May 2007

Monitoring and improving the effectiveness of surface cleaning and disinfection

scientific article published on May 2016

Multi-society guideline for reprocessing flexible gastrointestinal endoscopes

scientific article published on 4 March 2004

Multi-society guideline for reprocessing flexible gastrointestinal endoscopes. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

scientific article published in July 2003

Multi-use Venturi nasal atomizer contamination in a clinical rhinologic practice

scientific article

Multidrug‐resistantEnterococcus faeciumin a Patient with Burns ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2003

Multisociety guideline on reprocessing flexible GI endoscopes: 2011.

scientific article

Multisociety guideline on reprocessing flexible gastrointestinal endoscopes: 2011 ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 2011

New and emerging infectious diseases (Ebola, Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome coronavirus, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, Candida auris): Focus on environmental survival and germicide susceptibility

scientific article published in June 2019

New antibiotic agents: problems and prospects

scientific article published on January 2005

New developments in reprocessing semicritical items

scientific article published on May 2013

Next-Generation Sequencing and Comparative Analysis of Sequential Outbreaks Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii at a Large Academic Burn Center

scientific article published on 7 December 2015

Occupational Health Update: Focus on Preventing the Acquisition of Infections with Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and Postexposure Prophylaxis

scientific article

Occupational health risks associated with the use of germicides in health care

scientific article

Outbreaks associated with contaminated antiseptics and disinfectants

scientific article published on October 2007

Outbreaks of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections associated with duodenoscopes: What can we do to prevent infections?

scientific article published on May 2016

Patient Room Decontamination against Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Using a Fixed Cycle-Time Ultraviolet-C Device and Two Different Radiation Designs

scientific article

Preventable Patient Harm: a Multidisciplinary, Bundled Approach to Reducing Clostridium difficile Infections While Using a Glutamate Dehydrogenase/Toxin Immunochromatographic Assay/Nucleic Acid Amplification Test Diagnostic Algorithm

scientific article published on 27 August 2018

Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections: Hospital Location of Catheter Insertion ⬇️

scientific article published on August 21, 2012

Preventing healthcare-associated Aspergillus infections: review of recent CDC/HICPAC recommendations

scientific article published on 09 March 2009

Protecting healthcare personnel from acquiring Ebola virus disease

scientific article published on October 2015

Pseudomonas aeruginosa-related postoperative endophthalmitis linked to a contaminated phacoemulsifier ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Quantitative Analysis of Microbial Burden on Hospital Room Environmental Surfaces Contributing to Healthcare-Associated Infections

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Rapid hospital room decontamination using ultraviolet (UV) light with a nanostructured UV-reflective wall coating

scientific article published on 01 May 2013

Rates of hospital-associated respiratory infections and associated pathogens in a regional burn center, 2008-2012.

scientific article published on 28 January 2015

Reducing health care-associated infections by implementing a novel all hands on deck approach for hand hygiene compliance

scientific article published on May 2016

Reduction in central line-associated bloodstream infections in patients with burns

scientific article published on 20 June 2014

Reduction of Healthcare-Associated Infections by Exceeding High Compliance with Hand Hygiene Practices

scientific article published on September 2016

Registration of disinfectants based on relative microbicidal activity

scientific article published on April 2004

Relative frequency of health care-associated pathogens by infection site at a university hospital from 1980 to 2008.

scientific article published on 22 September 2011

Reply to Petti

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Reply to Saliou et al.

scientific article published on 23 December 2015

Reprocessing semicritical items: Current issues and new technologies

scientific article published on May 2016

Response to letter to the editor regarding "Occupational health risks associated with the use of germicides in health care".

scientific article

Review of fungal outbreaks and infection prevention in healthcare settings during construction and renovation

scientific article published on 13 April 2015

Role of hospital surfaces in the transmission of emerging health care-associated pathogens: norovirus, Clostridium difficile, and Acinetobacter species

scientific article published on June 2010

Role of the environment in the transmission of Clostridium difficile in health care facilities

scientific article published on May 2013

Room decontamination using an ultraviolet-C device with short ultraviolet exposure time

scientific article published in August 2014

Room decontamination with UV radiation

scientific article published on 01 October 2010

Selection of the ideal disinfectant

scientific article published on 29 May 2014

Self-Disinfecting Surfaces ⬇️

scientific article published on December 7, 2011

Self-disinfecting surfaces: Review of current methodologies and future prospects ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2013

Self-monitoring by Environmental Services May Not Accurately Measure Thoroughness of Hospital Room Cleaning.

scientific article published on 13 October 2017

Semipermeable dressing used to cover smallpox vaccination sites as a cause of skin damage

scientific article published in February 2004

Statewide costs of health care-associated infections: estimates for acute care hospitals in North Carolina

scientific article published on 27 February 2013

Sterilization of endoscopic instruments--reply

scientific article

Sterilization, High-Level Disinfection, and Environmental Cleaning ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

Surface Disinfection: Treatment Time (Wipes and Sprays) Versus Contact Time (Liquids).

scientific article published in March 2018

Survey of North Carolina hospital policies regarding visitor use of personal protective equipment for entering the rooms of patients under isolation precautions

scientific article published on 29 January 2014

Survival of surrogate coronaviruses in water ⬇️

scientific article published on 10 February 2009

Susceptibility to measles, mumps, and rubella in newly hired (2006-2008) healthcare workers born before 1957

scientific article published on 01 June 2010

Sustained and prolonged reduction in central line-associated bloodstream infections as a result of multiple interventions

scientific article published on 01 August 2010

The Antimicrobial Scrub Contamination and Transmission (ASCOT) Trial: A Three-Arm, Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial With Crossover Design to Determine the Efficacy of Antimicrobial-Impregnated Scrubs in Preventing Healthcare Provider Contaminati

scientific article

The Role of the Environment in Transmission of Clostridium difficile Infection in Healthcare Facilities ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 March 2011

The benefits of surface disinfection

scientific article published on June 2004

The benefits of surface disinfection

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

The effects of test variables on the efficacy of hand hygiene agents

scientific article published on April 2004

The growing importance of non-device-associated healthcare-associated infections: a relative proportion and incidence study at an academic medical center, 2008-2012.

scientific article published on 08 January 2014

The role of patient care items as a fomite in healthcare-associated outbreaks and infection prevention

scientific article published on 17 May 2017

The role of the surface environment in healthcare-associated infections

scientific article

Timeline of health care-associated infections and pathogens after burn injuries

scientific article

Understanding and preventing transmission of healthcare-associated pathogens due to the contaminated hospital environment

scientific article published in May 2013

Understanding the effect of ultraviolet light intensity on disinfection performance through the use of ultraviolet measurements and simulation

scientific article published on 27 June 2018

Use of germicides in the home and the healthcare setting: is there a relationship between germicide use and antibiotic resistance?

scientific article

Virus transfer from personal protective equipment to healthcare employees' skin and clothing

scientific article published on August 2008

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