Letters to the Editor


111 Further confirmation that spiking of intravenous bags does not cause time-dependent microbial contamination Scott Segal


112 Re-estimating annual deaths due to multidrug-resistant organism infections Jason P. Burnham, Margaret A. Olsen and Marin H. Kollef


113 Affected healthcare workers during outbreaks:Areport from the German consulting center for infection control (BZH) outbreak registry Sebastian Schulz-Stübner, Marcus Reska and Reiner Schaumann


115 Foodborne illness outbreak due to Staphylococcus aureus among hospital staff following Hurricane Harvey Lucila Marquez, Tjin H. Koy, Cheryl R. Baker, Jeanine Graf, Elaine M. Whaley and Judith R. Campbell


117 Laterality of a short-term peripheral intravenous catheter does not affect complications or patient satisfaction: a subanalysis of the One Million Global Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Study Rami Sommerstein, Lisa Kottanattu and Jonas Marschall


119 A Quality Control Circle Process to Reduce Blood Culture Contamination Rates Yu-Zhong Yan, Huan-Zhang Yang, Jiang-Xia Zhao and Rong Xia


120 Surgical site infections and temperature in the operating theater—Challenges for infection control in developing countries Dayanne Conislla Limaylla, Marina de Oliveira Silva, Marcela Cristina Machado Zanqueta and Carlos Magno Castelo Branco Fortaleza


122 The economics of managing tuberculosis in cancer patients in an oncology center in eastern India Zoe Bennett, Raja Dhar, Kingshuk Dhar, Krishnendu Das, Anusha Harishankar, Sanjay Bhattacharya and Mammen Chandy


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