Source: SHEA

SHEA: Multisociety Guidance for Infection Prevention and Control in Nursing Homes (10/20/2025)

  • The guidance offers recommendations for infection prevention and control (IPC) in nursing homes to address challenges including medical acuity and the rise of multidrug-resistant organisms.
  • It emphasizes the importance of IPC leadership, training, and adherence to precautions while also considering the balance between maintaining a home-like environment and ensuring effective infection prevention measures.

SHEA/APIC: Multisociety Guidance for Infection Prevention and Control in Nursing Homes (10/28/2025)

  • This guidance document updates the 2008 SHEA/Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) guideline: Infection Prevention and Control in the Long-Term Care Facility and is intended to assist nursing homes in the United States in defining and implementing their infection prevention and control (IPC) programs and practices.
  • Recommendations and implementation suggestions address IPC leadership, staffing, and resources, healthcare personnel and residents‘ adherence to precautions and effective hand hygiene, outbreak preparedness, training, occupational health, cleaning and disinfection in the care environment, and the involvement of IPC in the facility.

Surgical Site Infection Module (part of SHEA Prevention CHKC)

2 – Foundational
ABIM-MOC
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Ambulatory Surgery
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
CME
CNE
English
Infection Preventionists
Paid
Pediatric / NICU
SHEA
Surgical site infections (SSI)
Video

C. difficile Module (part of SHEA Prevention CHKC)

2 – Foundational
ABIM-MOC
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Clostridioides difficile
CME
CNE
English
Gastrointestinal Infections
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Paid
Pediatric / NICU
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
SHEA
Standard Precautions
Video

MRSA and MDROs Module (part of SHEA Prevention CHKC)

2 – Foundational
ABIM-MOC
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
CME
CNE
English
Paid
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Pediatric / NICU
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
SHEA
Standard Precautions
Video

Pneumonia (part of SHEA Prevention CHKC)

This is a module that is part of the SHEA Prevention CHKC Course (Course in Healthcare Associated Knowledge and Control). It focuses on best practices for preventing and detecting pneumonias. It provides the learner with an overview of when to use different options for respiratory support, and how to differentiate the different types of pneumonia.

Legionella

Intermediate
ABIM-MOC
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care
Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
CME
CNE
COVID-19
English
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Influenza (Flu)
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Paid
Respiratory Infections
SHEA
Ventilator
Ventilator-associated events (VAE), including pneumonia (VAP)
Video

Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) (part of SHEA Prevention CHKC)

This is a module that is part of the SHEA Prevention CHKC Course (Course in Healthcare Associated Knowledge and Control). It focuses on best practices for preventing CLABSIs. It provides the learner with the tools and information to recognize appropriate indications for using central lines, and to describe proper care of catheters. It explains the framework of the CLABSI definition, but the definition is not as thorough or precise as the NHSN definition.

Foundational
ABIM-MOC
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Central Line
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)
CEU
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
CME
English
Home Health
Infection Preventionists
Interactive
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Paid
Pediatric / NICU
SHEA
Slideshow
Video

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) (part of SHEA Prevention CHKC)

This is a module that is part of the SHEA Prevention CHKC Course (Course in Healthcare Associated Knowledge and Control). It focuses on best practices for preventing CAUTIs. It provides the learner with the tools and information to recognize appropriate indications for indwelling urinary catheters, to describe proper care of catheters, and to prioritize indwelling urinary catheters.

Foundational
ABIM-MOC
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Adult Day Care
Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Behavioral Health Facilities
CEU
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
CME
English
Hand Hygiene
Home Health
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Interactive
Laboratory Collection and Interpretation
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Paid
Patient and Family Engagement
SHEA
Slideshow
Urinary Catheter
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Video

Precautions and PPE Module (part of SHEA Prevention CHKC)

This is a module that is part of the SHEA Prevention CHKC Course (Course in Healthcare Associated Knowledge and Control). It defines when and how to use standard and transmission-based isolation precautions, and outlines appropriate use of contact, droplet, and airborne infection isolation. It also provides instruction on correct technique for donning and doffing personal protective equipment (PPE).

Foundational
ABIM-MOC
Any Practice Setting
Bloodborne Pathogens
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
CME
CNE
COVID-19
English
Gastrointestinal Infections
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Influenza (Flu)
Injection Safety
Interactive
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Paid
Patient and Family Engagement
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Respiratory Infections
SHEA
Slideshow
Standard Precautions
Transmission-Based Precautions
Tuberculosis (TB)
Video