Nursing Home Decolonization Toolkit
Step 1: Adopt SHIELD program as Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI)
- QAPI Project Documentation Form (PDF) (DOC)
- Universal Plan of Care (PDF) (DOC)
- Resident Plan of Care (PDF) (DOC)
- Pre-Launch Checklist for the Infection Preventionist (PDF) (DOC)
Step 2: What to Expect? (PDF) (DOC)
Step 3: Communication to Residents
- Admission Packet Letter (PDF) (DOC)
- Resident/Ombudsman Information Sheet (PDF) (DOC)
Step 4: Products & Protocols
- Products (PDF) (DOC)
- CHG Compatibility (PDF) (DOC)
- Protocol: Bed Bath With CHG Cloths (PDF) (DOC)
- Protocol: Bed Bath With CHG Liquid (PDF) (DOC)
- Protocol: Showering With CHG (PDF) (DOC)
- Protocol: Nasal Iodophor (PDF) (DOC)
- Order Set Examples (PDF)
- Admission – SHIELD Checklist (PDF) (DOC)
Step 5: Staff Education & Training
- Paper or Computer Based Training (PDF) (PPT)
- Staff Post-Training Test and Answer Key: Basin Bed Bathing With CHG Liquid (PDF) (DOC)
- Staff Post-Training Test and Answer Key: CHG Cloths (PDF) (DOC)
- Physician and Staff Notification Flyer (PDF) (DOC)
- Staff Handouts for CHG Bathing/Showering (PDF) (PUB)
- Staff Handout for Basin Bed Bathing With CHG (PDF) (PUB)
- Staff Handout for Nasal Iodophor (PDF) (PUB)
- Staff Huddle Reminder Documents (PDF) (DOC)
- FAQ: General (PDF) (DOC)
- FAQ: Nasal Iodophor (PDF) (DOC)
- FAQ: CHG for Bathing (PDF) (DOC)
- FAQ: Wound Care (PDF) (DOC)
- FAQ: Do and Don’t (PDF) (DOC)
Step 6: Resident Education & Training
- Resident Handout for CHG Bed Bath (PDF) (PUB)
- Resident Handout for CHG Shower (PDF) (PUB)
- Resident Handout for Nasal Iodophor (PDF) (PUB)
- Waterproof Shower Poster for Residents (PDF) (DOC)
- Resident Talking Points: CHG (PDF) (DOC)
- Resident Talking Points: Iodophor (PDF) (DOC)
Step 7: Skills Assessments and Compliance Checks
- CHG Cloth Skills Assessment Checklist (PDF) (DOC)
- CHG Liquid Bed Bath Skills Assessment Checklist (PDF) (DOC)
- Resident Self-Showering Assessment (PDF) (DOC)
- Resident Self-Bed Bath Assessment (PDF) (DOC)
Step 8: Safety and Side Effects
- Safety and Side Effects (PDF) (DOC)
- Side Effect Tracking Form (PDF) (DOC)
SHIELD OC Iodophor Schedule
- 2024 - Version A (PDF) (PUB)
- 2024 - Version B (PDF) (PUB)
- 2025 - Version A (PDF) (PUB)
- 2025 - Version B (PDF) (PUB)
- 2026 - Version A (PDF) (PUB)
- 2026 - Version B (PDF) (PUB)