Local chapter update: Send us your holiday pet pictures!

December 23, 2021
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 56

We could all use some extra joy this time of year, and what better way to spread happiness than sharing pictures of adorable animals?

That’s the mentality that the California ACDIS chapter had in their last newsletter, asking members to send in photos of their pets in their holiday best in order to be featured in the next newsletter.

We want to jump on board sharing some holiday cheer as well, so ACDIS is also asking for all of you to share pictures of your pets! They could be cats, dogs, bunnies, or anything else either wearing a holiday sweater or just an adorable smile on their face. Send your pet snapshots to ACDIS Editor Carolyn Riel at criel@acdis.org. Received pictures will be featured in one of our upcoming editions of CDI Strategies in 2022.

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.

2022

January:

  • The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter meets Friday, January 14. For information, contact Courtney Spangler (cspangler@gbmc.org).
  • The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, January 26, for “Defining and Querying for AKI and CKD: Could it be ATN?” presented by Shelia Duhon, national director of CDI, and Rhoda Chism, manager of CDI audit & education, with Steward Health Care, LLC. in Dallas, Texas. For information, contact Laura Anderson (laura.anderson99@optum360.com).

February:

  • The California ACDIS chapter meets Friday, February 4, for their annual conference. For information, contact Pamela Stence (pamela.stence@sharp.com).
  • The Texas ACDIS chapter meets Friday, February 4, 2022, 1-3:30 p.m., via webinar, for the first annual Texas ACDIS Leadership Summit. For information, contact the general Texas ACDIS chapter email (txacdis@gmail.com).
  • The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, February 23, for “Back to the Laboratory! Assessing Lab Values for CDI Outcomes” presented by Verona Lodholz, director of CDI with Accuity, based in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. For information, contact Laura Anderson (laura.anderson99@optum360.com).