|Articles|November 7, 2006

IC Calendar

SEPTEMBER 2006

15-16
AORN Informatics Conference
Denver www.aorn.org

23-26
American Society for Healthcare Central Service Professionals (ASHCSP) annual meeting
Mohegan Sun, Conn.
www.ashcsp.org

24-28
American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES) annual meeting
Nashville www.ashes.org

OCTOBER 2006

12
Building Financial Skills for Perioperative Managers
Nashville www.aorn.org

16-22
Infection Prevention Week 2006
www.apic.org

NOVEMBER 2006

7-9
EPI 101 course
Sponsored by APIC Westin Atlanta North,
Atlanta
www.apic.org

12-18
Perioperative Nurse Week 2006
www.aorn.org 

16-18
Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)s 20th Annual National Conference on Quality and Patient Safety
Details TBA at www.jcaho.org

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) www.unaids.org/en/default.asp

3-9
National Handwashing Awareness Week
Sponsored by the Henry the Hand Foundation
(513) 769-3660 www.henrythehand.com

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
www.chica.org

24-28
Annual APIC conference
San Jose, Calif.
www.apic.org

Send your event information for publication to Kelly Pyrek at kpyrek@vpico.com.


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