Hospitals using DICON services can send infection control and other personnel involved in infection control activities to our annual DICON Educational Symposium at no additional charge. These symposia are designed to enhance and supplement the educational programs available on our website. All of the materials presented at the symposia are available for download on the DICON members only section of the website. Please see the agendas for the annual symposia held from 2005 to 2021.
- 2021 Virtual Fall Symposium, 11/5/2021
- 2020 Virtual Fall Symposium, 11/13/2020
- 2019 Fall Symposium, 11/7/2019-11/8/2019: ICRA for Construction/Renovation & Assessing and Addressing Current Threats in Healthcare Epidemiology
- 2018 Fall Symposium, 11/16/2018: The Impact of Diagnostic Testing on Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship
- 2017 Fall Symposium, 11/3/2017: Healthcare Epidemiology - Current Trends, Current Threats, and Future Solutions
- 2016 Fall Symposium, 11/18/2016: Data for Action
- 2015 Fall Symposium, 11/20/15
- 2014 Fall Symposium, 11/21/14: Measuring Outcomes: Moving Beyond Regulations and Rules
- 2013 Fall Symposium, 11/22/13: Multi-drug Resistant Organisms--Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship
- 2012 Fall Symposium, 11/02/2012: Respiratory Care Boot Camp: Ventilator Safety and Outcomes in Community Hospitals
- 2011 Fall Symposium, 11/18/2011: Changing Healthcare Workers Behavior to Improve Patient Safety
- 2010 Fall Symposium, 11/19/2010: Infection Prevention: Strategy, Problem Solving and New Challenges
- 2009 Fall Symposium, 11/13/2009: New Bugs, New Threats and New Ideas
- 2008 Fall Symposium, 11/14/2008: Practical Responses to Problems and Threats in Infection Control
- 2007 Fall Symposium, 10/26/2007: Controversies in Infection Control
- 2006 Fall Symposium, 11/3/2006: Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections in the Far Reaches of the Modern Healthcare World
- 2005 Fall Symposium, 10/28/2005: Infection Prevention in the OR