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William A. Rutala
Researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Publications - 338
Citations - 21230
William A. Rutala is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Infection control. The author has an hindex of 73, co-authored 335 publications receiving 19190 citations. Previous affiliations of William A. Rutala include UNC Health Care & Veterans Health Administration.
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Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.
Naomi P. O'Grady,Mary Alexander,E. Patchen Dellinger,Julie L. Gerberding,Stephen O. Heard,Dennis G. Maki,Henry Masur,Rita D. McCormick,Leonard A. Mermel,Michele L. Pearson,Issam I Raad,Adrienne G. Randolph,Robert A. Weinstein,Jane D. Siegel,Raymond Chinn,Alfred DeMaria,Elaine Larson,James T. Lee,Ramon E. Moncada,William A. Rutala,William E. Scheckler,Beth H. Stover,Marjorie A. Underwood +22 more
TL;DR: The recommended preventive strategies with the strongest supportive evidence are education and training of healthcare providers who insert and maintain catheters, and maximal sterile barrier precautions during central venous catheter insertion, which can reduce the risk for serious catheter-related infection.
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Guideline for disinfection and sterilization in healthcare facilities, 2008
William A. Rutala,David J. Weber +1 more
TL;DR: There is no evidence that using antiseptics or disinfectants selects for antibiotic-resistant organisms in nature or that such mutants survive in nature.
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Role of hospital surfaces in the transmission of emerging health care-associated pathogens: norovirus, Clostridium difficile, and Acinetobacter species.
TL;DR: Improved cleaning/disinfection of environmental surfaces and hand hygiene have been shown to reduce the spread of all of these pathogens, including norovirus and C difficile, which are relatively resistant to the most common surface disinfectants and waterless alcohol-based antiseptics.
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Effects of Air Temperature and Relative Humidity on Coronavirus Survival on Surfaces
TL;DR: TGEV and MHV could serve as conservative surrogates for modeling exposure, the risk of transmission, and control measures for pathogenic enveloped viruses, such as SARS-CoV and influenza virus, on health care surfaces.