KHA will host a SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) Awareness webinar on February 12 at 11:00 a.m. This webinar is complimentary for members and will focus on awareness of SANE law in Kentucky, the definition of SANE-ready designation and challenges around having processes in emergency departments statewide to ensure a sexual assault exam can be performed 24/7 if a SANE nurse is not available.

Keynote speakers for this webinar will be Carrie Jackson from the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs (KASAP) along with Vicki Yazel and Amanda Corzine, SANE coordinators from University of Louisville Hospital.

Please invite your emergency department leaders, staff and others from your facility to make sure your entire team is knowledgeable of the law and the requirements your must meet.

For log in information, please contact Carla Donnell at KHA (cdonnell@kyha.com).

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The Lexington Police Department will host a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Training Course in Lexington beginning October 1. The didactic course is provided over 5 days (40 hours) and satisfies the first portion of the KBN requirements for the SANE credential.

Instructors will be local members of the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART), as well as experts from the Office of the Fayette Commonwealth's Attorney and the Kentucky State Policy Laboratory.

Download the brochure for program details and registration information. The registration deadline is September 23.

If you have any questions, contact the Lexington Police Department's SANE Program Manager Angela Wallace, RN, BSN, SANE (awallace@lexingtonpolice.ky.gov).

On September 15, KHA, along with the Kentucky Office of Inspector General and the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs, will host a webinar on the SANE-Ready Hospital: What it Means and How to Achieve It.

The Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence (SAFE) Act passed in the 2016 General Assembly. This is a comprehensive measure which seeks to address a number of barriers to providing both health care services and justice for victims of sexual assault. Key to hospitals, the SAFE Act seeks to improve the quality of care sexual assault victims receive by the establishment of the SANE-ready designation for acute care hospitals. SANE stands for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner. In order to qualify for the designations, hospitals must certify they have a SANE nurse on call 24/7.

For program details, view the brochure....