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FEATURES INFECTION CONTROL & PATIENT SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: APPs in leadership roles: Key opportunities and considerations for hospitals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: The importance of advances in nasal decolonization for current and future infection prevention . . . . .21 EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: The power of light: How hospitals can harness UV energy to reduce HAIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 PATIENT EXPERIENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: With hand hygiene compliance, there's no such thing as 'good enough' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: Indigo-Clean: A Revolutionary New Way to Battle HAIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE & STEWARDSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE: How hospital leaders can harness intraoperative technology to fight SSIs in high-risk surgeries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT & MEASUREMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: A novel post-op dressing with CHG to reduce post-op contamination risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 RECENT CNO, CMO AND CHIEF QUALITY OFFICER MOVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 ADVERTISING INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70