HEALTHCARE CALENDAR
1
- 1st-March 31 Daffodil Days
1-31
- Birth Defects Prevention Awareness Month (National)
- Blood Donor Month (National)
- Cervical Cancer Screening Month
- Cervical Health Awareness Month
- Glaucoma Awareness Month (National)
15-21
- Healthy Weight Week
19
- Women's Healthy Weight Day
22-28
- Nurse Anesthetists Week (National)
23-27
- Medical Group Practice Week (National)
- Nuclear Science Week (National)
25
- IV Nurse Day (National)
6
- Find a Dentist Day
1-29
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration/ Low Vision Awareness Month
- Children's Dental Health Month (National)
- Condom Month
- Heart Month (American)
- Kids ENT Health Month
- Wise Health Care Consumer Month (National)
1-7
- Patient Recognition Week and Day (National)
11
- Day of the Sick (World)
12-18
- Cardiac Rehabilitation Week (National)
- Cardiovascular Professionals Week
19-25
- Poison Prevent Week (National)
26-3/3
- Eating Disorders Awareness Week (National)
3
- Wear Red Day (National)
5-11
- Burn Awareness Week
- PeriAnesthesia Nurse Awareness Week
7-14
- Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
1-31
- Athletic Training Month (National)
- Brain Injury Awareness Month
- Child Life Month
- Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (National)
- Eye Donor Month (National)
- Kidney Month (National)
- Nutrition Month (National)
- Professional Social Work Month (National)
- Save Your Vision Month
- Workplace Eye Wellness Month
11-17
- Health Care Human Resources Week
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week (National)
12-18
- Brain Awareness Week
14
- Registered Dietician Day
17-24
- Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week (National)
25-31
- Root Canal Awareness Week
27
- Diabetes Alert Day (American)
30
- Doctors' Day (National)
4-10
- Dental Assistants Recognition Week
- Patient Safety Awareness Week
1-30
- Alcohol Awareness Month
- Autism Awareness Month (National)
- Child Abuse Prevention Month
- Facial Protection Month (National)
- Foot Health Awareness Month
- Humor Month (National)
- Minority Health Month (National)
- Occupational Therapy Month
- Sexually Transmitted Infection Awareness Month
- Sports Eye Safety Month
- Women's Eye Health and Safety Month
1-7
- Healthcare Access Personnel Week (National)
12
- Radiology Nurses Day (National)
15-21
- Healthcare Volunteer Week (National)
- Neurodiagnostic Week
16
- Healthcare Decisions Day
- Voice Day (World)
16-22
- Medical Fitness Week
17
- Hemophilia Day (World)
2-8
- Public Health Week (National)
20-22
- Youth Service Day (Global)
21-28
- Infant Immunization Week (National)
22-28
- Healthcare Administrative Professionals Week
- Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (National)
25
- Noise Awareness Day (International)
28
- YMCA's Healthy Kids Day
7
- Alcohol Screening Day (National)
- Health Day (World)
8-14
- Heimlich Maneuver Week (National)
9-13
- Cancer Registrars Week (National)
9-15
- Healthcare Patient Advocacy Week
April
- 1-August 31 Relay for Life
- 1-March 31 March for Babies
- 29-May 5 Occupational Safety and Health Week (North American)
1-31
- Arthritis Awareness Month (National)
- Arthritis Walk
- Better Hearing and Speech Month
- Better Sleep Month
- Bike Month (National)
- Critical Care Awareness and Recognition Month (National)
- Employee Health and Fitness Month (International)
- Healthy Vision Month
- Hepatitis Awareness Month
- High Blood Pressure Education Month (National)
- Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
- Lupus Awareness Month
- Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection & Prevention Month
- Mental Health Month
- Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month
- Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month
- Older Americans Month
- Oncology Nursing Month
- Osteoporosis Month (National)
- Physical Fitness and Sports Month (National)
- Stroke Awareness Month (National)
- Stroke Month (American)
- Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month (National)
- Trauma Awareness Month (National)
- Ultraviolet Awareness Month
10
- Children's Mental Health Awareness Day (National)
12
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Awareness Day (International)
- Fibromyalgia Awareness Day (National)
- Florence Nightingale's Birthday
13-19
- Food Allergy Awareness Week
- Nursing Home Week (National)
- Women's Health Week (National)
14-18
- Medical Transcriptionist Week (National)
14-20
- Stuttering Awareness Week (National)
2
- Asthma Awareness Day on Capitol Hill
20
- Walk for Epilepsy (National)
20-26
- Emergency Medical Services Week (National)
- Neuroscience Nursing Week
25
- Missing Children's Day (National)
30
- Senior Health & Fitness Day (National)
6
- Worship Site Health Education Program
6-12
- Alcohol and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week (National)
- Anxiety and Depression Awareness Week (National)
- Children's Mental Health Week (National)
- Hospital Week (National)
- Hug Holiday Week (National)
- Nurses Week (National)
- Run A Mile Days (National)
7
- Melanoma Monday
9
- School Nurse Day (National)
1-30
- Aphasia Awareness Month (National)
- Hernia Awareness Month (National)
- Men's Health Month
- Migraine Awareness Month (National)
- Scleroderma Awareness Month
10-16
- Vascular Nursing Week
11-17
- Men's Health Week (National)
13
- Time Out Day (National)
14-21
- Nursing Assistants Week (National)
18-22
- Healthcare Risk Management Week
22
- Dental Awareness Day
24-30
- Deaf-Blind Awareness Week
27
- HIV Testing Day (National)
3
- Cancer Survivors Day (National)
3-9
- Community Health Improvement Week
- Sun Safety Week (National)
5
- Health Care Recruiter Recognition Day (National)
1-31
- Cord Blood Awareness Month
- Fireworks Eye Safety Month
- Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
2-9
- Nurses in Staff Development Week
22-28
- Hospitality House Week (National)
8-14
- Therapeutic Recreation Week (National)
1-31
- Cataract Awareness Month
- Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
- Neurosurgery Outreach Month
- Psoriasis Awareness Month
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
1-7
- Breastfeeding Week Celebrations (World)
12-18
- Health Center Week (National)
23
- Health Unit Coordinator Day
5
- Kids Day (National)
1-30
- Alzheimer's Month & Alzheimer's Action Day (World)
- Baby Safety Month
- Cholesterol Education Month (National)
- Craniofacial Acceptance Month
- Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
- Healthy Aging Month
- Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Awareness Month
- Pain Awareness Month
- Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
- Prostate Health Month
- Reye's Syndrome Awareness Month
- Sickle Cell Awareness Month (National)
- STEPtember
- Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
15
- Neonatal Nurses Day
16-22
- Child Passenger Safety Week
- Farm Safety & Health Week (National)
- Prostate Cancer Awareness Week
- Rehabilitation Awareness Celebration (National)
- Surgical Technologist Week (National)
19
- School Backpack Awareness Day (National)
19-22
- Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development Annual Education Conference and Exhibits
2
- MDA Labor Day Telethon
22
- Seat Check Saturday (National)
23-29
- Hearing Aid Awareness Week
26
- Women's Health & Fitness Day (National)
29
- Family Health & Fitness Day (National)
9
- Grandparents Day (National)
9-15
- Assisted Living Week (National)
- Environmental Services and Housekeeping Week (National)
- Nephrology Nurses Week
- Suicide Prevention Week (National)
Sept
- 30-Oct 6 Gerontological Nursing Week
1-31
- Dental Hygiene Month (National)
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month (National)
- Chiropractic Health Month (National)
- Disability Employment Awareness Month (National)
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Eye Injury Prevention Month
- Health Literacy Month
- Home Eye Safety Month
- Liver Awareness Month
- Medical Librarians Month (National)
- Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month
- Patient-Centered Care Awareness Month
- Pharmacists Month (American)
- Physical Therapy Month (National)
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Pregnancy, and Infant Loss Awareness Month (National)
- Talk About Prescriptions Month
1-7
- Healthcare Foodservice Workers Week
- Midwifery Week (National)
10
- Stop America's Violence Everywhere (SAVE) Today
12
- Arthritis Day (World)
12-20
- Awareness Week (National)
14-20
- Case Management Week (National)
- Healthcare Security and Safety Week
- Infection Prevention Week (International)
15-19
- Medical Assistants Week (National)
19
- Mammography Day (National)
21-27
- Healthcare Facilities and Engineering Week (National)
- Healthcare Quality Week
- Hospital and Health System Pharmacy Week (National)
- Kids Care Week
- Pastoral Care Week
- Respiratory Care Week (National)
22
- Stuttering Awareness Day (International)
22-26
- School Bus Safety Week (National)
23-31
- Red Ribbon Week (National)
24
- Lung Health Day
27
- Lock Your Meds Day
29
- Psoriasis Day (World)
6
- Depression Screening Day (National)
6-12
- Physician Assistants Week (National)
7-13
- Emergency Nurses Week
- Fire Prevention Week
- Healthcare Central Service/ Sterile Processing Week
- Healthcare Resource and Materials Management Week (National)
- Mental Illness Awareness Week
- Pediatric Nurses Week
8-12
- Dialysis Technician Recognition Week (National)
1-30
- Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month (National)
- Bladder Health Month
- COPD Awareness Month
- Diabetes Month (American)
- Diabetic Eye Disease Month
- Epilepsy Awareness Month (National)
- Family Caregivers Month (National)
- Healthy Skin Month (National)
- Hospice/Palliative Care Month (National)
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month
- Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month (National)
- Prematurity Awareness Month
- Sexual Health Month (National)
1-7
- Medical-Surgical Nurses Week
- Urology Nurses and Associates Week
11-17
- Home Care Month (National), Hospice Month (National), and Home Care Aide Week
- Mental Health Wellness Week
15
- Great American Smokeout
17
- Family Volunteer Day
4
- Lung Cancer Walk
4-10
- Allied Health Professions Week (National)
- Aspiring Nurse Leader Week
- Diabetes Education Week (National)
- Medical Staff Services Awareness Week (National)
- Patient Transport Week (National)
- Radiologic Technology Week (National)
5-11
- Perioperative Nurse Week
5-9
- Blood Management Awareness Week
Nov
- 1-Dec 31 Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis
1
- AIDS Day (World)
1-31
- Safe Toys and Celebrations Month
1-7
- Aplastic Anemia & MDS Awareness Week
3-7
- Older Driver Safety Awareness Week (National)
Light Blue
Prostate Cancer
Royal
Drunk Driving
Navy
Child Abuse/Colon Cancer
Green
Health/Ecology/Leukemia/Organ Donor
Pink
Breast Cancer
Red
AIDS/Blood Donor/DUI Awareness/Substance Abuse
Yellow
Come Home/Support Troops/General Cancer
Orange
Hunger/Lupus/Racial Tolerance
White
Right to Life/Free Speech/Alzheimer's
Black
Mourning/Melanoma
Gray
Diabetes
Gold
Childhood Cancer
Purple
Sexual/Domestic Violence/Children with Diabetes