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The Greater Omaha Chapter of APIC has 120 members from western Iowa and eastern to mid-Nebraska.  Monthly meetings enhance educational opportunities and provide opportunities for networking among professionals working in all phases of the healthcare continuum.

News You May be Interested in “Infection Prevention under Construction” An Education Conference sponsored by the Greater Kansas City Chapter of the Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Save the Date! October 25, 2013 Adams Pointe Courtyard Marriott Blue Springs, MO Flyer Follow-up to the September meeting Vaccine sheet for patients - Pertussis - CHI Nebraska Hospitals Sterile Processing Checklist - Methodist Hospital Voting Information 2013 Officer Slate Bios From Your President Hi everyone. As president, my plan for this year is to send out a brief overview of the meeting and educational program. Business meeting: List of experienced resources will go on the website sometime in April. We are working on a mentoring outline for our program. If you are interested in being a mentor, please let me know. The next meeting is the August 2nd conference which will be held at Lakeside's conference center. More information to come on that. The meeting following that will be on September 19th at Jennie Edmondson in Council Bluff. This meeting will be presentation from National Conference (PGD). Peg Gilbert agreed to be the CAH laison between GOAPIC and CAHs. Education: Kari Love and Terry Micheels presented on resources for Infection Preventionists. All the resources they talked about are now on the GOAPIC webpage under resources. You do not have to be a member to get to these. The address is: www.goapic.org. The CMS documents discussed: CMS Worksheet Slideshow | CMS CoP Updates Powerpoint Slides and Notes: on the Program page Thanks to Susie and Seward for hosting the meeting. It was a great room and great food. Save The Date: Mile High Chapter of APIC - Annual Fall Conference September 20th, 2013  At the Wildlife Experience in Parker, Colorado This year's theme: The Micro-Life Experience: The Villains Around Us! Scholarships available for those of you coming from a distance Questions: milehighapic@gmail.com Sharing Section Community Practices for Disinfection of ENT Scopes From Terry Micheels 8/22/2013. Pneumococcal Vaccination of patient From Peg Gilbert - This combination procedure and orders for pneumococcal vaccine are from the CDC website. http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/pneumo/default.htm Pneumococcal Vaccine orders Construction Airhandling Question & Answers - Rita shares the responses: SBAR Questions and Answers Sterile Processing Competency - Methodist sharing: OPA | Endoscope Disinfection To share something, please send the attachment to Lori Snyder-Sloan.