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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control Impact Factor: 2.989* Editors-in-Chief: Andreas Voss & Christina Vandenbroucke-Grauls     SUBMIT MANUSCRIPT  |  EDITORIAL BOARD  |  SUBMISSION GUIDELINES  |  ARTICLE ALERTS

Dear Prof CERASALE MORTEO, We would like to share with you some article highlights fromAntimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control. Alongside these three open access articles, read the article collection for World Sepsis Day (13 September). We hope you find both the highlighted articles and article collection of interest, and encourage you to submit your own research to the journal. Highlighted Articles RESEARCH Reduced rate of intensive care unit acquired gram-negative bacilli after removal of sinks and introduction of ‘water-free’ patient care   Joost Hopman, Alma Tostmann, Heiman Wertheim, Maria Bos, Eva Kolwijck, Reinier Akkermans, Patrick Sturm, Andreas Voss, Peter Pickkers and Hans vd Hoeven Abstract   |  Full text   |  PDF RESEARCH Use of 90% ethanol to decontaminate stethoscopes in resource limited settings   Bijendra Raj Raghubanshi, Supriya Sapkota, Arjab Adhikari, Aman Dutta, Utsuk Bhattarai and Rastriyata Bhandari Abstract   |  Full text   |  PDF SHORT REPORT Knowledge sharing in infection prevention in routine and outbreak situations: a survey of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Research Network   Rami Sommerstein, Sonja Geser, Andrew Atkinson, Franziska Tschan, Daniel J. Morgan and Jonas Marschall Abstract   |  Full text   |  PDF World Sepsis Day Article Collection Sepsis is a severe reaction to a microbial infection that results in an inflammatory response through the whole body. To raise the awareness of sepsis across the world and to reduce the worldwide burden of this ‘hidden’ killer, we have put together a collection here in honor of World Sepsis Day (13 September). Reasons to Publish with Us • Associated with ICPIC, APSIC and ICAN • Average time to first decision is 32 days • International Editorial Board Submission Guidelines Register to receive the latest articles, straight to your inbox. Best wishes, The BioMed Central Team *The Impact Factor (IF) is just one measure used for evaluating the impact of research. For further information on the IF and alternative metrics used to measure the impact of research, please click here. SOCIETY AFFILIATIONS   Follow BioMed Central:    For further information or enquiries please contact Customer Services at:info@biomedcentral.com. BioMed Central Ltd 236 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8HB, United Kingdom. Part of Springer Nature. Privacy Policy BMC40899