2023 Days of Remembrance

2023 Days of Remembrance

January 

▪ Cervical Cancer Awareness Month 

▪ Glaucoma Awareness Month 

▪ National Birth Defects Awareness Month 

▪ National Blood Donor Month 

▪ Thyroid Awareness Month 

▪ National Activity Professionals Week – Jan. 22-28

▪ World Leprosy Week – Jan. 29 – Feb. 4 

▪ World Braille Day – Jan. 4 

▪ National Marketing Day – Jan. 11 

▪ National Pharmacist Day – Jan. 12 

▪ National IV Nurse Day – Jan. 25 

▪ National Activity Professionals Day – Jan. 27 

▪ World Leprosy Day – Jan. 29 

February 

▪ AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month 

▪ American Heart Month 

▪ National Children’s Dental Health Month 

▪ Wise Health Care Consumer Month 

▪ Patient Recognition Week – Feb. 1 – 7 

▪ Pride in Foodservice Week – Feb. 6 -10 

▪ Peri-Anesthesia Nurse Week – Feb. 6 – 12 

▪ Phlebotomist Recognition Week – Feb. 13-17 

▪ Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week – Feb. 13-19

▪ Cardiovascular Professionals Week. Feb . 14 – 20 ▪ National Eating Disorders Awareness Week – Feb. 23- Mar. 1

▪ Wear Red Day – Feb. 3 

▪ National Women Physician Day – Feb. 3 

▪ International Epilepsy Day – Feb. 13 

▪ National Caregivers Day – Feb. 17

March 

▪ American Red Cross Month 

▪ Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month 

▪ Brain Injury Awareness Month 

▪ Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month 

▪ Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month 

▪ National Athletic Training Month 

▪ National Nutrition Month 

▪ National Social Work Month 

▪ National Aplastic Anemia and MDS Awareness Week – Mar. 1 – 6

▪ Endometriosis Awareness Week – Mar. 3 – 9 

▪ Dental Assistant Recognition Week – Mar. 5 – 11 

▪ National School Social Work Week – Mar. 5 – 11 

▪ MS Awareness Week – Mar. 12 – 18 

▪ Patient Safety Awareness Week – Mar. 12 – 18 

▪ Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week – Mar. 12 – 18 

▪ Healthcare HR Professionals Week – Mar. 15 – 19 

▪ National Poison Prevention Week – Mar. 19 – 25 

▪ Baby Sleep Day – Mar. 1 

▪ Employee Appreciation Day – Mar. 3 

▪ Brain Injury Awareness Day – Mar. 4 

▪ National Dentist Day – Mar. 6 

▪ Nutrition and Dietetics Technician, Registered Day – Mar. 9

▪ Certified Nurses Day – Mar. 19 

▪ World Social Work Day – Mar. 21 

▪ World Tuberculosis Day – Mar. 24 

▪ National Doctors Day – Mar. 30 

▪ Anesthesia Tech Day – Mar. 31 

April 

▪ Autism Awareness Month 

▪ Cesarean Awareness Month

▪ Child Abuse Awareness Month 

▪ Defeat Diabetes Month 

▪ IBS Awareness Month 

▪ National Alcohol Awareness Month 

▪ National Donate Life Month 

▪ National Volunteer Month 

▪ Occupational Therapy Month 

▪ Parkinson’s Awareness Month 

▪ Primary Immunodeficiency Awareness Month

▪ Sarcoidosis Awareness Month 

▪ National Cancer Registrars Week – Apr. 3 – 7

▪ National Public Health Week – Apr. 3 – 9 

▪ Patient Access Week – Apr. 3 – 9 

▪ National Volunteer Week – Apr. 16-22 

▪ National Osteopathic Medicine Week – Apr. 17 – 23

▪ Health Information Professionals Week – Apr. 18-24

▪ Administrative Professionals Week – Apr. 22 – 28

▪ Transplant Nurses Week – Apr. 24 – May 1 

▪ National Infant Immunization Week – Apr. 24 – May 1

▪ Medical Laboratory Professionals Week – Apr. 30 – May 6

▪ Autism Awareness Day – Apr. 2 

▪ World Health Day – Apr. 7 

▪ National Alcohol Screening Day – Apr. 7 

▪ World Parkinson’s Day – Apr. 11 

▪ World Hemophilia Day – Apr. 17 

▪ Administrative Professionals Day – Apr. 26 

▪ Sarcoidosis Awareness Day – Apr. 30 

May 

▪ Arthritis Awareness Month 

▪ Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month 

▪ Better Sleep Month 

▪ Better Speech and Hearing Month

▪ Celiac Disease Awareness Month 

▪ Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month 

▪ Global Employee Health and Fitness Month 

▪ Healthy Vision Month 

▪ Hepatitis Awareness Month 

▪ High Blood Pressure Education Month 

▪ Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month 

▪ Lupus Awareness Month 

▪ Lyme Disease Awareness Month 

▪ Melanoma Skin Cancer Month 

▪ Mental Health Awareness Month 

▪ Neurofibromatosis Month 

▪ National Cancer Research Month 

▪ National Critical Care Awareness Month 

▪ National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month

▪ National Stroke Awareness Month 

▪ Oncology Nursing Month 

▪ National Nurses Week – May 6 – 12 

▪ National Hospital Week – May 7 – 13 

▪ North American Occupational Safety and Health Week – May 7 – 13

▪ Healthcare Technology Management Week – May 14 – 20

▪ Healthcare Documentation Integrity Week – May 14 – 20

▪ National Skilled Nursing Care Week – May 14 – 20 

▪ National Women’s Health Week – May 14 – 20 

▪ Neuroscience Nurses Week – May 14 – 20 

▪ National EMS Week – May 21 – 27 

▪ Melanoma Monday – May 1 

▪ World Hand Hygiene Day – May 5 

▪ National Nurses Day – May 6 

▪ World Lupus Day – May 10 

▪ National Employee Health and Fitness Day – May 17

▪ Neurofibromatosis Day – May 17 

▪ National Speech Pathologist Day – May 18 

▪ Critical Care Wear Blue Day – May 19

▪ National Accounts Receivable Appreciation Day – May 19

▪ International Human Resources Day – May 20 

▪ World No Tobacco Day – May 31 

June 

▪ Cataract Awareness Month 

▪ Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month 

▪ National Aphasia Awareness Month 

▪ National Men’s Health Month 

▪ National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month

▪ National PTSD Awareness Month  

▪ National Safety Month 

▪ National Scleroderma Awareness Month 

▪ National Scoliosis Awareness Month 

▪ Men’s Health Week – June 12-18 

▪ National Nursing Assistant Week – June 15 – 21

▪ Healthcare Risk Management Week – June 19-23

▪ Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week – June 25 – July 1

▪ National Cancer Survivors Day – June 4 

▪ National Career Nursing Assistant Day – June 14

▪ World Blood Donor Day – June 14 

▪ World Sickle Cell Awareness Day – June 19 

▪ National HIV Testing Day – June 27 

▪ National PTSD Awareness Day – June 27 

July 

▪ Cord Blood Awareness Month 

▪ UV Safety Awareness Month 

▪ National Therapeutic Recreation Week – July 9 – 15

▪ World Plastic Surgery Day – July 15 

▪ National Intern Day – July 27 

▪ System Administrator Appreciation Day – July 28

▪ World Hepatitis Day – July 28 

August 

▪ Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month 

▪ MedicAlert Awareness Month 

▪ National Eye Exam Month 

▪ National Immunization Awareness Month 

▪ Psoriasis Awareness Month 

▪ Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month 

▪ World Breastfeeding Week – Aug. 1 – 7 

▪ National Health Center Week – Aug. 6 – 12 

▪ National Minority Donor Awareness Day – Aug. 1

▪ Health Unit Coordinator Day – Aug. 23 

September 

▪ Childhood Cancer Awareness Month 

▪ Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month 

▪ Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month

▪ National Cholesterol Education Month 

▪ National Infant Mortality Awareness Month

▪ National Recovery Month 

▪ National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month

▪ Pain Awareness Month 

▪ Prostate Cancer Awareness Month 

▪ Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month 

▪ Reye’s Syndrome Awareness Month 

▪ Sepsis Awareness Month 

▪ Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month 

▪ Vascular Nurses Week – Sept. 3 -9 

▪ Environmental Services Week – Sept. 10 -16

▪ National Assisted Living Week – Sept. 10 – 16

▪ Nursing Professional Development Week – Sept. 10 -16

▪ Neonatal Nurses Week – Sept. 11 – 17 

▪ International Clean Hands Week – Sept. 17 – 23

▪ National Surgical Technologists Week – Sept. 17 – 23

▪ World Physical Therapy Day – Sept. 8 

▪ Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day – Sept. 9

▪ World Suicide Prevention Day – Sept. 10 

▪ Programmers Day – Sept. 13 

▪ Neonatal Nurses Day – Sept. 15 

▪ National Working Parents Day – Sept. 16 

▪ IT Professionals Day – Sept. 19 

▪ National Addiction Professionals Day – Sept. 20

▪ World Alzheimer’s Day – Sept. 21 

▪ Business Women’s Day – Sept. 22 

▪ International Ataxia Awareness Day – Sept. 25

▪ National Food Service Employees Day – Sept. 25

▪ World Pharmacist Day – Sept. 25 

▪ Human Resource Professional Day – Sept. 26 

▪ World Heart Day – Sept. 29 

October 

▪ American Pharmacists Month 

▪ Breast Cancer Awareness Month 

▪ Clergy Appreciation Month 

▪ Down Syndrome Awareness Month 

▪ Health Literacy Month 

▪ Healthy Lung Month 

▪ Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month 

▪ National Bullying Prevention Month 

▪ National Chiropractic Health Month 

▪ National Disability Employment Awareness Month

▪ National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

▪ National Liver Awareness Month 

▪ National Orthodontic Health Month

▪ National Physical Therapy Month 

▪ National Spina Bifida Awareness Month 

▪ Rett Syndrome Awareness Month 

▪ SIDS Awareness Month 

▪ Healthcare Supply Chain Week – Oct. 1 – 7 

▪ Mental Illness Awareness Week – Oct. 1 – 7 

▪ Customer Service Week – Oct. 2 – 6 

▪ National Physician Assistant Week – Oct. 6 – 12 

▪ Emergency Nurses Week – Oct. 8 – 14 

▪ Sterile Processing Professionals Week – Oct. 8 – 14

▪ Dialysis Technician Recognition Week – Oct. 9 – 13

▪ International Infection Prevention Week – Oct, 15 – 21

▪ National Pharmacy Week – Oct. 15 – 21 

▪ National Healthcare Facilities & Engineering Week – Oct. 22 – 28

▪ National Respiratory Care Week – Oct. 22 – 28 

▪ Red Ribbon Week – Oct. 23 – 31 

▪ National Depression Screening Day – Oct. 5 

▪ World Cerebral Palsy Day – Oct. 6 

▪ World Mental Health Day – Oct. 10 

▪ National Emergency Nurses Day – Oct. 11 

▪ Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day – Oct. 13

▪ Boss’s Day – Oct. 16 

▪ World Spine Day – Oct. 16 

▪ National Pharmacy Technician Day – Oct. 17 

▪ National Medical Assistants Day – Oct. 18 

▪ National Mammography Day – Oct. 20 

▪ World Osteoporosis Day – Oct. 20 

▪ International Stuttering Awareness Day – Oct. 22 

▪ World Occupational Therapy Day – Oct. 27 

November 

▪ American Diabetes Month 

▪ COPD Awareness Month

▪ Diabetic Eye Disease Month 

▪ Lung Cancer Awareness Month 

▪ Mouth Cancer Action Month 

▪ National Adoption Awareness Month 

▪ National Epilepsy Month 

▪ National Family Caregivers Month 

▪ National Healthy Skin Month 

▪ National Hospice and Palliative Care Month 

▪ National Marrow Awareness Month 

▪ Prematurity Awareness Month 

▪ Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month 

▪ Stomach Cancer Awareness Month 

▪ National Allied Health Week – Nov. 5 – 11 

▪ National Diabetes Education Week – Nov. 5 – 11

▪ National Patient Transport Week – Nov. 5 – 11

▪ National Radiologic Technology Week – Nov. 5 – 11

▪ Nurse Practitioner Week – Nov. 12 – 18 

▪ Perioperative Nurse Week – Nov. 12 – 18 

▪ GERD Awareness Week – Nov. 19 – 25 

▪ World Radiography Day – Nov. 8 

▪ International Accounting Day – Nov. 10 

▪ World Pneumonia Day – Nov. 12 

▪ Operating Room Nurse Day – Nov. 14 

▪ World Diabetes Day – Nov. 14 

▪ National Education Support Professionals Day – Nov. 15

▪ Great American Smokeout – Nov. 16 

▪ World COPD Day – Nov. 17 

▪ Computer Security Day – Nov. 30 

December 

▪ Give the Gift of Sight Month 

▪ National Hand Washing Awareness Week – Dec. 3 – 9

▪ National Influenza Vaccination Week – Dec. 3 – 9

▪ World AIDS Day – Dec. 1 

▪ International Day of Persons with Disabilities – Dec. 3

▪ International Volunteer Day – Dec. 5