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Many DCESs are being asked to include the topic of disaster preparedness in education plans for people living with diabetes. Update: See QR Code below for link to Dropbox folder of English and Spanish handouts Attached are several ...

Dec 15, 2025 6:16 PM | view attached Vicki Karnes What a great State Conference we had last month in Sandy Springs, GA, with 197 attendees and 39 amazing speakers! For those unable ...

Join our team! Email Tara Conway at tarabiochm@aol.com if you are interested in an ADCES OK CB Leadership Position! We have openings for Co-chair, Education Leader, Western OK LNG Leader and Northeast OK LNG Leader! ------------------------------ ...

Hi Everyone, I have a few things to share: Please check out this great job opportunity at MUSC for an NP or PA. This is for a position involving surgical prehabilitation of people with diabetes awaiting surgery. The program lead is Emily Kobus. ...

I am cancelling the Ethiopian dinner for Dec 30 as there was only a small response for this date which I totally understand. We thought it might be a quiet time for work. However, I would appreciate responses if you would be interested in doing this ...

Hi All, I am a diabetes educator with UNC Pediatric Endocrinology. Our team is trying to create a resource for our type 1 patients who are transitioning into adult care to identify an adult provider near them. If you know of any Adult Endocrinologists ...

Found this on google. It may need to be double checked. I had this same question this week as well. DKA and Sentinel Event Classification Hospital-acquired DKA is recognized as a potentially iatrogenic (caused by medical treatment) complication ...

We don't consider it a sentinel event either. We might do a deeper dive on reasons why, and in some cases, do a lot of work to mitigate future events, but no, we haven't considered them to be sentinel events. Gwen

Hi SaraBeth , We don't consider it a sentinel event, but I do report it to our risk management if it looks like we could have done more since developed DKA during hospital admission sits in the hospital harm never events. When we moved ...

Hello all, Do your organizations consider it a sentinel event when a patient develops DKA while in the hospital? Can you provide the "why" behind considering it a sentinel event? Does that mean that you report it to a safety organization or accrediting ...

This was a great blog post to learn more about bullous pemphigoid with DPP4i. I've had one patient with BP several years ago, but didn't research it to this level. Very interesting to learn more about- thanks! ------------------------------ Christina ...

I did a OP5 training yesterday with the Humalog U200 pen. That insulin was RX'd by endo office. Vials are alot easier but pens can be used. ------------------------------ Carla Jordan, BSN, CDCES, RN Diabetes Consultant, LLC Moultrie, GA caher01@gmail.com ...

Hi Everyone, A bit ago I had a patient present to me with a DPP4i-induced bullous pemphigoid reaction. Since I didn't even know how to say that side effect, I had to do some research. Big thanks to Christine Nguyen who wrote this months blog post on ...

The first in a series of virtual Twiist webinars is this upcoming Friday, December 19 th during lunch. Below is the link to register. If you know anyone else who would be interested in diving in more about the features of Twiist and real- life ...

What a great State Conference we had last month in Sandy Springs, GA, with 197 attendees and 39 amazing speakers! For those unable to attend, I have attached a printable copy of my PPT, Disaster Preparedness Need to Know: Emergency Alert Systems ...

We have added a new action alert reintroduction of the Medical Nutrition Therapy Act for this Congress. Please visit the Legislative Action Center to take action. The MNT Act was reintroduced in the 119th Congress just before the Thanksgiving ...

We have added a new action alert reintroduction of the Medical Nutrition Therapy Act for this Congress. Please visit the Legislative Action Center to take action. The MNT Act was reintroduced in the 119th Congress just before the Thanksgiving ...

🚨 ADCES26 Abstract Submissions Are Open! 🚨 Specifically, the Technology Track is calling for submissions on: 🔹 CGM 🔹 AI in diabetes care 🔹 AID in type 2 diabetes 🔹 Connected pens 🔹 Virtual care & more! It's your turn to share ...

Hi Technology COI - I am on the planning committee for the ADCES26 Conference. Abstract submission is now open! The Technology track is seeking submissions on a variety of topics around CGM, AI, AID in type 2 diabetes, connected pens, virtual care ...

Hi Kim, Humalog U-200 only comes in pens. I wish they would make it in vials. Alas. We order it regularly for our pump patients. You just have to be very clear when writing the script. So often the pharmacy assumes we've made a mistake when ordering ...

We have added a new action alert reintroduction of the Medical Nutrition Therapy Act for this Congress. Please visit the Legislative Action Center to take action. And, if you are in leadership for your CB, LNG, or COI , please share the action ...

We have added a new action alert reintroduction of the Medical Nutrition Therapy Act for this Congress. Please visit the Legislative Action Center to take action. The MNT Act was reintroduced in the 119th Congress just before the Thanksgiving ...

We have added a new action alert reintroduction of the Medical Nutrition Therapy Act for this Congress. Please visit the Legislative Action Center to take action. The MNT Act was reintroduced in the 119th Congress just before the Thanksgiving ...

We added QR codes to our survival skills books to videos of me teaching pens, syringe/vial and glucometer basics. That has taken a lot of the work off the nurse's plate. The patient can scan the code with their phone and watch the videos several times ...

Good morning, We are new to the Omnipod and have someone who did well on U-200 but since it only comes in pens the provider wasn't able to reorder it. Are your providers wiritng for the pens to be used in Omnipod? Thanks ------------------------------ ...

Earlier this month a new action alert was sent out related to the Medical Nutrition Therapy Act for this Congress. The MNT Act was reintroduced in the 119th Congress just before the Thanksgiving holiday. The bill would expand the list of conditions ...

Earlier this month a new action alert was sent out related to the Medical Nutrition Therapy Act for this Congress. The MNT Act was reintroduced in the 119th Congress just before the Thanksgiving holiday. The bill would expand the list of conditions ...

We are planning something different. ..an evening at an Ethiopian restaurant. Tuesday Dec 30 at 6 pm. This is an evening to get to know each other better. There was some interest at our last gathering to do this and we are trying for quieter post ...

Thanks, Nancy! I think it would be great to have a networking meeting soon for the COI so we can discuss what we are working on and see if anyone is interested in collaborating. 😊 Allyson S. Hughes, PhD Assistant Professor ...