Kirk Huslage

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Kirk Huslage is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kirk Huslage has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Infectious Diseases, 5 papers in Epidemiology and 3 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kirk Huslage's work include Infection Control in Healthcare (6 papers), Urinary Tract Infections Management (3 papers) and Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection (3 papers). Kirk Huslage is often cited by papers focused on Infection Control in Healthcare (6 papers), Urinary Tract Infections Management (3 papers) and Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection (3 papers). Kirk Huslage collaborates with scholars based in United States. Kirk Huslage's co-authors include William A. Rutala, David J. Weber, Emily Sickbert-Bennett, Melissa B. Miller, Vickie Brown, Sarah S. Lewis, Carolyn V. Gould, Deverick J. Anderson, Daniel J. Sexton and Rebekah W. Moehring and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology and American Journal of Infection Control.

In The Last Decade

Kirk Huslage

12 papers receiving 960 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Role of hospital surfaces in the transmission of emerging health care-associated pathogens: Norovirus, Clostridium difficile, and Acinetobacter species
    2010 583 citations David J. Weber, William A. Rutala et al. American Journal of Infection Control profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kirk Huslage United States 8 632 307 229 187 149 13 1.0k
Donald Blom United States 7 564 0.9× 240 0.8× 210 0.9× 196 1.0× 104 0.7× 8 797
N.H. O’Connell Ireland 19 511 0.8× 216 0.7× 116 0.5× 189 1.0× 277 1.9× 69 1.3k
Lynne M. Sehulster United States 10 780 1.2× 411 1.3× 233 1.0× 66 0.4× 358 2.4× 18 1.6k
Mark Stibich United States 22 716 1.1× 363 1.2× 246 1.1× 96 0.5× 206 1.4× 47 1.2k
Annette Jencson United States 21 1.3k 2.0× 685 2.2× 260 1.1× 71 0.4× 391 2.6× 85 1.8k
Anne Simon Belgium 10 656 1.0× 196 0.6× 63 0.3× 89 0.5× 213 1.4× 22 1000
L. Barefoot United States 10 461 0.7× 149 0.5× 115 0.5× 75 0.4× 167 1.1× 13 777
Elizabeth C. Eckstein United States 14 1.1k 1.7× 424 1.4× 196 0.9× 270 1.4× 559 3.8× 18 1.7k
Susy Hota Canada 17 638 1.0× 129 0.4× 55 0.2× 160 0.9× 370 2.5× 54 1.2k
Tracy Ross United States 21 1.3k 2.0× 131 0.4× 147 0.6× 146 0.8× 427 2.9× 34 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Kirk Huslage

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kirk Huslage

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kirk Huslage

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kirk Huslage. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kirk Huslage based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kirk Huslage. Kirk Huslage is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Seidelman, Jessica, Becky Smith, Kirk Huslage, et al.. (2019). Shifting surgical site infection denominators and implications for National Health Safety Network reporting. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 40(11). 1316–1317. 1 indexed citations
2.
Turner, Megan C., Shay Behrens, Kirk Huslage, et al.. (2019). Multidisciplinary Approach to Clostridium difficile Infection in Adult Surgical Patients. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 228(4). 570–580. 8 indexed citations
3.
Smith, Becky, Amy J. Mathers, Shireen Kotay, et al.. (2019). 2466. What’s Lurking in the Drain? Serial transmission of NDM-1Klebsiella pneumoniae to patients admitted 9 months apart to the same ICU room. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 6(Supplement_2). S854–S854. 1 indexed citations
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Seidelman, Jessica, Sarah S. Lewis, Kirk Huslage, et al.. (2018). To Be a CLABSI or Not to Be a CLABSI—That is the Question: The Epidemiology of BSI in a Large ECMO Population. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 39(3). 362–365. 7 indexed citations
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Rutala, William A., Hajime Kanamori, Maria F. Gergen, et al.. (2017). Comparative Analysis of Four Major Hospital Cleaning Validation Methods. American Journal of Infection Control. 45(6). S57–S58. 2 indexed citations
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Seidelman, Jessica, Sarah S. Lewis, Kirk Huslage, et al.. (2017). To Be a CLABSI or Not to Be a CLABSI—That Is the Question: The Epidemiology of Bloodstream Infections in a Large ECMO Population. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 4(suppl_1). S637–S638. 2 indexed citations
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Sloane, Philip D., Kirk Huslage, Christine E. Kistler, & Sheryl Zimmerman. (2016). Optimizing Antibiotic Use in Nursing Homes Through Antibiotic Stewardship. North Carolina Medical Journal. 77(5). 324–329. 13 indexed citations
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Thaden, Joshua T., Sarah S. Lewis, Kevin C. Hazen, et al.. (2014). Rising Rates of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Community Hospitals: A Mixed-Methods Review of Epidemiology and Microbiology Practices in a Network of Community Hospitals in the Southeastern United States. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 35(8). 978–983. 100 indexed citations
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Huslage, Kirk, William A. Rutala, Maria F. Gergen, Emily Sickbert-Bennett, & David J. Weber. (2012). Microbial Assessment of High-, Medium-, and Low-Touch Hospital Room Surfaces. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 34(2). 211–212. 45 indexed citations
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Weber, David J., Emily Sickbert-Bennett, Carolyn V. Gould, et al.. (2011). Incidence of Catheter-Associated and Non-Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in a Healthcare System. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 32(8). 822–823. 58 indexed citations
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Huslage, Kirk, William A. Rutala, Emily Sickbert-Bennett, & David J. Weber. (2010). A Quantitative Approach to Defining “High-Touch” Surfaces in Hospitals. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 31(8). 850–853. 176 indexed citations
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Weber, David J., William A. Rutala, Melissa B. Miller, Kirk Huslage, & Emily Sickbert-Bennett. (2010). Role of hospital surfaces in the transmission of emerging health care-associated pathogens: Norovirus, Clostridium difficile, and Acinetobacter species. American Journal of Infection Control. 38(5). S25–S33. 583 indexed citations breakdown →
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Weber, David J., Vickie Brown, Kirk Huslage, Emily Sickbert-Bennett, & William A. Rutala. (2009). Device-Related Infections in Home Health Care and Hospice Infection Rates, 1998–2008. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 30(10). 1022–1024. 13 indexed citations

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