Each month Quality Insights puts together a packet of tools to help you communicate important information to professionals and consumers. This packet features resources for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Medicare Open Enrollment and Infection Prevention Week. Scroll down for health messages, tweets, newsletter ideas, Web buttons and more.

Breast Cancer Awareness

Resource for Adults and Health care Professionals:

Prevention Resources

E-card:

Send an e-card to a loved one to remind them of the importance of getting screened.

Twibbon:

Do you tweet? Show your support for Breast Cancer Awareness by adding a twibbon to your twitter account. What's a twibbon?

Sample Tweets:

Early detection is the best chance for survival #breastcancer. For more information http://tinyurl.com/5tj75c2.

Medicare Open Enrollment

Open enrollment is from October 15 - December 7. Visit www.medicare.gov/findaplan or call 1-800-MEDICARE 24/7 to find out more about coverage options.

Infection Prevention Week

Resources:

Handwashing poster

Handwashing in health care settings

IIPW Week Web Button:

1. Upload the Image and position as desired on Webpage
2. Select "hyperlink" feature on the now uploaded image
3. Hyperlink to www.apic.org/iipw
4. Save and publish to the Webpage

Sample Tweets:

What role can patients play in infection prevention? Learn more during #IIPW2011 http://ow.ly/5Uj60
Infection prevention is possible. Learn more during #IIPW2011 - http://ow.ly/5UhJn

Sample Facebook Post:

October 16-22, 2011 represents the 25th Anniversary of Internation Infection Prevention Week -the commemoration of the critically important work of infection preventionists around the globe. Please join the 25th Anniversary Commemoration of IIPW. Be one of the millions to spread the word that, "infection prevention is everyone's business". http//ow.ly/5UhJn