Policy & Procedure Templates

General Policies: 

• Appropriate Diagnosis
• Appropriate Resident Discharges & Assessment for Inability to Meet the Resident's Needs
• Artificial Intelligence Use & Informed Consent
• Automated External Defibrillator (Illinois Specific)
• Compliance & Ethics
• Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Devices
• Drug Regimen Review
• Electronic Monitoring in Long-Term Care (Illinois Specific) Required Consent Form(s) and Example Posted Notice(s)
• Emergency Medication Kits (Illinois Specific)
• Facility Closure -- Illinois & Iowa
• Fire Alarm System Outage & Fire Watch  -- Illinois & Iowa
• Fire Pump Inspection, Testing & Maintenance & Form
• High Risk Medications & Informed Consent for Opioid Use
• Life Support Risk Assessment and Statement
• Medical Examiner Cases (Iowa Specific)
• Patient Care Equipment Testing & Inspection & Form
• Psychotropic Medication Use & Informed Consent --Illinois & Iowa
• Record Retention -- Illinois & Iowa
• Resident Substance Use & Abuse (Iowa Specific)
• Sprinkler System Outage & Fire Watch Policy -- Illinois & Iowa
• Standing Orders Protocol (Iowa Specific)
• Use of Electric Lift Chairs (See assessment in clinical best practice)
• Use of Insulin Pumps 

Infection Control Policy and Procedure Templates: 

• Accessing Vascular Devices
• Annual Review of the IPCP
• Antibiotic Stewardship
• Barber and Beautician Services -- Illinois & Iowa
• Blood & Body Fluid
• Cleaning Reusable Resident Care Equipment
• COVID-19 -- Illinois & Iowa
• Dishwashing Machine
• Enhanced Barrier Precautions
• Environmental Cleaning
• Hand Hygiene
• Ice Machine & Resident Room Cups
• Infection Control
• Infection Prevention During Wound Care
• Infection Surveillance
• Influenza Vaccine
• Injection Administration & Safety
• Linens
• Occupational Health
• Outbreak Management
• Pest Control
• Pets or Animals in Nursing Homes
• Pneumonia Vaccine
• Point of Care Testing & Fingerstick Devices
• Reporting Infectious Diseases -- Illinois & Iowa
• Standard Precautions
• Transmission-Based Precautions
• Tuberculosis -- Illinois & Iowa
• Water Management Program & CDC - Water Management & Legionella Toolkit