William A. Rutala

21.3k citations
346 papers · 14.0k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 63
Topics
Infection Control in Healthcare (151 papers)Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection (149 papers)Infection Control and Ventilation (75 papers)

In The Last Decade

William A. Rutala

328 papers receiving 12.9k citations

Hit Papers

Guideline for disinfection and sterilizatio...199020262002201420082010201019902013250500750

Peers

William A. Rutala
Comparison fields: 5 of 200
  • Infectious Diseases 6.5k
  • Microbiology 4.1k
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3.4k
  • Epidemiology 1.8k
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1.4k
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William A. Rutala

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All Works

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About William A. Rutala

William A. Rutala is a scholar working on Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, having authored 346 papers that have together received 14.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Infection Control in Healthcare (151 papers), Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection (149 papers) and Infection Control and Ventilation (75 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Microbiology (4.1k citations), General Dentistry (927 citations) and Infectious Diseases (6.5k citations). William A. Rutala has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include David J. Weber, Emily Sickbert-Bennett, David J. Weber, Mark D. Sobsey, Maria F. Gergen, Lisa M. Casanova, Hajime Kanamori, Deverick J. Anderson, Kirk Huslage and Felix A. Sarubbi. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and JAMA.

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