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5 FEATURES INFECTION CONTROL & PATIENT SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Removing Sinks From ICU Rooms Reduces Bacterial Colonization, Study Finds Swedish Health CEO Dr. Guy Hudson Overhauls Concurrent Surgery Policy Poor Hand Hygiene Linked to 6 Staph Infections, 1 Death at South Carolina Pain Clinic 3 Things Hospitals Can Do Now to Address Overlapping Surgeries Do Cellphones in the OR Jeopardize Patient Safety? 5 Thoughts Physicians Rarely Clean Stethoscopes Between Patients, Study Finds Organ Procurement and Transplant Network Puts Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin's Transplant Pro- gram on Probation Infection Rates Take Center Stage in SEIU, Stanford Fight Pro-Vaccine Messages Can Backfire, Study Finds A New Warrior in the Sepsis Fight: Dedicated Sepsis Nurses Even Perfect Hand Hygiene Can't Halt MRSA Spread to NICU Babies Most Americans Prefer Paper Towels to Air Dryers After Washing Hands EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: Sterile Processing: How Hospitals Can Maintain Patient Safety Amid an Ever-Changing Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 PATIENT EXPERIENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Lucile Packard Children's Head of Patient Experience Answers 5 Q's on $1.1B Patient-Centered Expansion What Patients Value Most About Having Access to Provider Notes Why Children's Hospitals Are Getting Into Snapchat Better Patient Experience Linked to Lower Mortality Patients See Empathetic Physicians as More Competent Hospital Loses Patient's Necklace, Team Digs Through 15 Tons of Waste to Find It The Risks, Rewards of Patients Recording Clinician Visits 10 Steps to Create a Patient-Focused Healthcare Experience Using Technology EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: The Work Behind Cleanliness: How to Properly Verify Sonic Cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE & STEWARDSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Do Patients Really Need to Take Their Full Course Of Antibiotics? 4 Thoughts New Antibiotic Class Shows Promise as Possible Gonorrhea Treatment 1 in 5 Patients Experience Adverse Events From Antibiotics Common Household Disinfectant Linked to Antibiotic Resistance MRSA Screening Not Linked to Prolonged Antibiotic Use Olympus to Pay Virginia Mason $6.6M for Role in Superbug Outbreak: 7 Things to Know C. Diff Infections More Common in Acute Than Long-Term Care Settings; Antibiotic Use to Blame Experimental Antibiotic Displays Promise for Treatment of Plague and Superbugs Unnecessary Prescriptions Drop 8.2% Due to Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in ED Antibiotic Stewardship Highly Effective in Reducing Drug-Resistant Bacteria, C. Diff Infections WHO: Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea Becoming More Difficult to Treat 6 Findings on Antibiotic Stewardship Programs at US Hospitals EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: CIED Infection Rates Are Rising — Here's How to Lower Costs and Improve Treatment Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31