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2017 Annual Meeting Early This Year

2/6/2017

Who Should Attend on
April 7, 2017

Infection Preventionists, Educators, DONs, ADNs & wound care nurses from LTC, acute care, public health, behavioral health and home care.

Reserve Early – Space is Limited

Registration fees are nonrefundable but may be transferred to another employee in the same facility
YOU MUST CHOOSE A MEAL OR YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY GET CHICKEN FLORENTINE ORDERED FOR YOU.
This activity has been submitted to the Connecticut Nurses’ Association for approval to award contact hours. The Connecticut Nurses’ Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation

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Annual Meeting April 15, 2016 - Save the Date!

1/23/2016

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A Packed Room (2015)

Vendor Hall (2015)

Save the date for the next annual meeting... April 15, 2016. ICNC Annual Spring Seminar - at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington, Connecticut. See you there!

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Measles, Shingles and Flu, OH MY!

2/9/2015

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“The CDC recommends vaccinations from birth through adulthood to provide a lifetime of immunity.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “diseases that vaccines prevent, can be dangerous or even deadly. Vaccines help reduce the risk of infection by working with the body’s natural defenses to help it safely develop immunity to disease.”

“Diseases that used to be common in this country and around the world, …… can now be prevented by vaccination. Thanks to a vaccine, one of the most terrible diseases in history – smallpox – no longer exists outside the laboratory. Over the years vaccines have prevented countless cases of disease and saved millions of lives.” (CDC)

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CDC Ebola Key Message

9/2/2014

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working with other U.S. government agencies, the World Health Organization, and other domestic and international partners in an international response to the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa. This document summarizes key messages about the outbreak and the response. It will be updated as new information becomes available and distributed regularly. Resent updates shown in red.

<<< In this Document (Click/Tap on Graphic): 

Summary Key Messages 
Ebola Cases and Deaths (West Africa) 
Ebola in U.S. Healthcare Workers (in Liberia)
Background on Ebola
CDC Recommendations and Guidance
What CDC is Doing 
CDC Foundation 
Stigma 
For More Information about Ebola

AN ACT CONCERNING HEPATITIS C TESTING

7/29/2014

State of Connecticut - Testing - Hepatitis C

For Hepatitis C Testing

On June 16, 2014, Governor D. Malloy signed into law Public Act No. 14-203 which was passed through both the Connecticut Senate and House of Representatives which seeks to increase the number of patients who are tested for Hepatitis C, consistent with the announced goal of the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The law will require licensed primary care physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants to offer to provide or order a Hepatitis C screening or diagnostic test for patients born between 1945 and 1965 when providing services to these patients. The requirement will not apply when a patient (1) is being treated for a life-threatening emergency, (2) has been offered previously or has received a Hepatitis C screening test, or (3) lacks capacity to consent to a Hepatitis C screening test. “Primary care” is defined in this new law to include family medicine, general pediatrics, primary care internal medicine, primary care obstetrics, or primary care gynecology, without regard to board certification.

The new Connecticut state law signed in June- Hepatitis C Testing...

National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections: Road Map to Elimination

6/9/2014

LTCF Phase III Coming to Your Facility, Soon
Phase I: Acute Care Hospitals– Addresses most common infections found in the ACH inpatient setting. Policy options for linking payment incentives or disincentives to quality of care and enhancing regulatory oversight of hospitals. This HAI Action Plan includes five-year goals for eight specific measures of improvement in HAI prevention.

Phase II: Ambulatory Surgical Centers, End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities, and Increasing Influenza Vaccination among Health Care Personnel. Extending its scope to the outpatient environment and addressing the health and safety of health care workers, as well as the risks of transmission of influenza from health care personnel to patients.

West Nile Virus

5/27/2014

West Nile virus (WNV) was first identified in Connecticut in 1999. The Department of Public Health (DPH) in collaboration with other state agencies and local governments implemented surveillance systems in 2000. These surveillance systems included tracking WNV infections in humans, horses, wild birds, and mosquitoes. It was determined that mosquito surveillance was the best sustainable indicator of potential human infections. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station maintains 91 mosquito trap sites in 73 towns statewide. The trapping sites were selected based on habitat, proximity to residential areas, and historical findings.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),West Nile virus (WNV) infection can cause serious disease; considered a seasonal epidemic in North America that flares up in the summer and continues into the fall spread by the bite of an infected mosquito.

The ICNC - Election Results are In... We Can Do it!

4/10/2014

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The newly elected officers and board are ready to take on the responsibilities ahead. With your support "We Can Do It!" - now.

To review their credentials and why they are up for the job go to: ICNC Officers web page. You think... congratulations are in order? You bet ya!

You comments are invited... Complete ICNC Contact Form.

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ICNC Spring Annual Seminar Something to "Tweet" About

4/7/2014

ICNC Meeting a Success! Tweet, Tweet.

After being introduced by Mistress of Ceremony, Carol Kellog, Fairfield Chapter President, Denise DuBrino welcomed the attendees and likened the ICNC 2014 Annual Spring Seminar as the infection control version of the “Hunger Games.” This was it; the day had come when the Fairfield Chapter saw all their planning and hard work come to fruition. The seminar, held at the beautiful Aqua Turf Club hosted 120 attendees and 28 vendors.

2017 Annual Meeting Early This Year

Annual Meeting April 15, 2016 - Save the Date!

Measles, Shingles and Flu, OH MY!

CDC Ebola Key Message

AN ACT CONCERNING HEPATITIS C TESTING

National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections: Road Map to Elimination

West Nile Virus

The ICNC - Election Results are In... We Can Do it!

ICNC Spring Annual Seminar Something to "Tweet" About

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