Part 2 of 4: Recruitment may bring people into sterile processing. Development is what determines whether they stay.
|Articles|November 7, 2006
IC Calendar
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SEPTEMBER 2006
15-16
AORN Informatics Conference
Denver
23-26
American Society for Healthcare Central Service Professionals (ASHCSP) annual meeting
Mohegan Sun, Conn.
24-28
American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES) annual meeting
Nashville
OCTOBER 2006
12
Building Financial Skills for Perioperative Managers
Nashville
16-22
Infection Prevention Week 2006
NOVEMBER 2006
7-9
EPI 101 course
Sponsored by APIC Westin Atlanta North,
Atlanta
12-18
Perioperative Nurse Week 2006
16-18
Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)s 20th Annual National Conference on Quality and Patient Safety
Details TBA at
20-21
Northeast Regions Annual Fall IAHCSMM Conference
Sponsored by the Mid Atlantic Central Service Association
Trump Marina, Atlantic City
DECEMBER 2006
1
World AIDS Day
Sponsored by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
3-9
National Handwashing Awareness Week
Sponsored by the Henry the Hand Foundation
(513) 769-3660
JUNE 2007
9-14
National Education Conference on Infection Prevention and Control
Sponsored by the Community and Hospital Infection Control Association (CHICA) of Canada Shaw Conference Centre,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
(204) 897-5990 or (866) 999-7111
24-28
Annual APIC conference
San Jose, Calif.
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