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Upcoming Events:
WA-DHCC and WA Dietary Managers Association Annual Joint Conference, Leavenworth, WA
Conference registration includes 10 on-site CEU credits, plus Linda Handy’s take-home training manual,
“FOOD CODE 2009 & REGULATORY COMPLIANCE IN HEALTHCARE,” which provides an additional 6 CEU’s. A silent auction will be held in support of the conference. Members donations are encouraged and greatly appreciated.
Don’t forget to bring your business cards for networking opportunities as well as potential raffle prizes.
The Schedule FRIDAY 8:00 – 9:15: Registration 9:15 – 9:30: “Welcome Home” 9:30 – 12:00 Linda Handy, MS, RD Does Your Facility Have Food Safety Systems based upon Food Safety Standards? Linda will summarize the surveyor guidance for sanitation and newly revised infection control tags for healthcare facilities and give direction on establishing effective systems. 12:00 – 1:30 Box Lunch & Vendor Fair 1:30 – 3:00 Linda Handy, MS, RD Culture Change in Dining and Regulatory Compliance Linda will share perspective from the CMS/ Pioneer Network Symposium: Creating Home II – Food and Dining of 2010, including her paper on the barriers and challenges of regulatory compliance while ensuring that residents have dining choices and self determination. 3:15 – 5:15 Holly Wright, RD Basic Lean Principles and Six Sigma in Dietetics Practice Holly will discuss the basic Six Sigma phases of define, measure, analyze, improve and control, along with tools and application of basic lean principles to the dietetics practice. SATURDAY 8:30 – 9:30– General Membership Meetings 9:30 – 11:30 Cindy Brinn, MPH, RD, CDE Who will win the sweetener race? Cindy will review safety and potential health concerns of natural and artificial sweeteners, including high fructose corn syrup, stevia, agave syrup and much more. 11:45– 12:45 Rebecca Knight, RD Fiber and Bowel Health Fiber is often overlooked as an important component of our diets. Rebecca will describe the difference types of fiber and how they are beneficial in bowel function and overall health. 12:45 – 1:00– Closing |
September 17 - 18, 2010