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established by William A. Rutala, Ph.D., M.P.H.
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37th Annual Educational Conference & International Meeting, New Orleans, LA, July 2010.
Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections, 2010
47th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 20 October 2009, Philadelphia PA: Clostridium difficile: What Antiseptics and Disinfectants Should We Use? by Dr. Rutala
APIC Webinar - 9 September 2009, Disinfection and Sterilization slides by Dr. Rutala
Disinfection, Sterilization, and Antisepsis - APIC 2009 Preconference
International Federation of Infection Control - October 2008, Disinfection and Sterilization: Challenges in the XXI Century by Dr. Rutala
ASHE - September 2008, Clostridium difficile: A Growing Threat in Your Facility by Dr. Rutala
APIC - June 2008,
Disinfection and Sterilization: Current Issues and New Technologies by Dr. Rutala
SHEA - April 2008 - Current Issues in Disinfection and Sterilization, by Dr. Rutala
AORN - April 2008 - Disinfection and Sterilization: Meeting the CDC Guideline, by Dr. Rutala
APIC 2007 - 4 sets of slides by Dr. Rutala and Dr. Weber, June 2007
September 2006 - Disinfectants Resistance: Is There a Relationship Between Use and Resistance - by Dr. Rutala
APIC - June 2006 - slides by Dr. Rutala and Dr. Weber
SHEA 2006 - Environmental Control to Reduce Hospital GI Illness - view presentation or print handout
APIC 2005 - slides by Dr. Rutala - 2 sets
Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare, a comprehensive chapter by William A. Rutala, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Bacterial Contamination of Keyboards: Efficacy and Functional Impact of Disinfectants. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol* 2006;27:372-377
*Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Copyright The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Inc.
List of publications by William A. Rutala, Ph.D., M.P.H. - since 1990 (Some publications have a link to the article in pdf format.)
William A. Rutala, Ph.D., M.P.H.
William A. Rutala, Ph.D., M.P.H
Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine,
Director,
Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology
University of North Carolina School of Medicine (Chapel Hill)
Director, Hospital Epidemiology, Occupational Health, and Safety Program
at UNC Health Care System
Dr. Bill Rutala is a Professor for the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of North Carolina's School of Medicine, and serves as the Director of Hospital Epidemiology, Occupational Health and Safety Program at the University of North Carolina Health Care System. He is also Director and co-founder of the Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology at the UNC School of Medicine and a retired Colonel with the U.S. Army Reserve. Dr. Rutala is certified in infection control. He is an advisor to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (a former member of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee [HICPAC], 1999-2003), the Food and Drug Administration (a former member of the General Hospital and Personal Use Devices Panel), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (a member of the Scientific Advisory Panel on Antimicrobial Research Strategies for Disinfectants) and the Federal Trade Commission. Dr. Rutala is a member of various committees on the local, state, national and international level as well as several professional societies including the American Society for Microbiology, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America. He serves on the editorial board of the Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. He has over 400 publications in the fields of infectious diseases, infection control, disinfection, sterilization and medical waste. Dr. Rutala has also been an invited lecturer at over 260 state, national and international conferences (in over 40 states and 25 countries) and has testified twice before the U.S. Congress. Dr. Rutala earned his Bachelor of Science degree in science from Rutgers University, his master's degree in microbiology from the University of Tennessee and both his master's in public health and doctorate in microbiology from the University of North Carolina School of Public Health.
Created 2004 June 10