Local chapter update: Fall in love with your local chapter this season

The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. Visit your local chapter’s webpage on the ACDIS site for additional information about upcoming meetings. To join a chapter if you haven’t already or to update your chapter contact information/affiliation, click here.

October:

• The Wisconsin ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, October 15, from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. via webinar for their fall conference. For information, contact Alicia Whiteford (awhiteford@mhemail.org).
• The Greater New York ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, October 20, at 2 p.m. via webinar for their quarterly meeting. For information, contact Kalena Britt (greaternyacdis@gmail.com).
• The California ACDIS chapter meets Friday, October 21, The California ACDIS chapter meets Friday, October 21, for their 6th Annual Live/Virtual Conference at Liberty Station Conference Center. The registration link is https://SixthAnnualCAACDISConference.eventbrite.com. For information, contact the leadership team (California.acdis.chapter@gmail.com).
• The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, October 26, 1-2 p.m. CST, via webinar. The program is titled, “Building a CDI Reference Library” and will be presented by Laura M. Anderson, RN, BSN, CCDS, MN. For information, contact Laura M. Anderson (lamcander1@gmail.com).
• The Florida ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, October 29, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at UF Health Professional Park in Gainesville, Florida. Please RSVP by October 15 to Deb Hilliard White. For information and to RSVP, contact Deb Hilliard White (icuhag@willdeb.net).  

November:

• The CDI Educators group meets Friday, November 4, 1–2:30 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “Updated Audit Process Tool, Data Presentation and Analysis,” presented by Sydni Johnson and Imelda Gerard. For information, contact Danielle Martin (DMartin@mercy.com).
• The Kansas City, Missouri ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, November 9, 2–3:30 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Debra Canova (debra.canova@tmcmed.org).

December:

• APDIS, the Pediatric ACDIS networking group, meets Thursday, December 1, 3-4:30 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled “Updates in Challenging Pediatric Diagnoses: Kawasaki Disease, MIS-C, heart failure and immunodeficiency” and will be presented by Amy Sanderson, MD, Lucinda Lo, MD, and Sheila Snyder, MD. For information, contact Amy Bush (bush-amy@cooperhealth.edu).
• The Virginia ACDIS chapter meets Monday, December 12, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m., via webinar. The program is titled, “Defining the Clinical Landscape Associated with Patient Safety Indicators” and will be presented by Jessica Sime, MD. For information, contact Amanda Palacios (amanda.palacios@rivhs.com).