Help spread the message of preparedness Sept. 18 in celebration of Get Ready Day. Held each year on the third Tuesday in September, American Public Health Association’s (APHA) Get Ready Day is timed to coincide with National Preparedness Month.

To take part, send a tweet about preparedness today with the #GETREADYDAY hashtag, post a message on facebook or share a link to the Get Ready site. You can also print one of our many great fact sheets and post it on your office bulletin board or home refrigerator.

Visit the Get Ready Day website for more event ideas.

The next Current Issues in Immunization NetConference will be held on September 20 from noon to 1 p.m., ET. Raymond Strikas, MD, MPH, FACP, will present information about vaccination of healthcare personnel, and Tamara Pilishvili, MPH, will talk about pneumococcal vaccination. Andrew Kroger, MD, MPH, will moderate the discussion.

Registration, which is required, will close on September 20 or when the course is full.

You can access past NetConferences online. This includes the very topical July conference on influenza recommendations and the May session on pertussis. You can also watch the 2.5-hour Immunization Update 2012 online; it was originally broadcast on August 16.