- 2/7/2025 UPDATED Enterprise IV Fluid Management Strategies (PDF)

- 1/9/2025 UPDATED Respiratory Virus Season Talking Points - Alabama and Georgia (PDF)

- 1/9/2025 UPDATED Respiratory Virus Season Talking Points - Midwest Region (PDF)

- 1/8/2025 NEW Respiratory Virus Season Talking Points - North Carolina (PDF)

- 1/7/2025 NEW Respiratory virus season - masking and visitation guidelines FAQ SE Region (PDF)

- 3/26/2024 NEW Teammate scripting tool – Moving to masking optional (PDF)

- 3/26/2024 NEW Masking guidance and accommodations - Non respiratory virus season (PDF)

- 1/12/2024 Teammate scripting tool - Moving to masking in high risk setting (PDF)

- 12/19/2023 Advocate Health Midwest and Southeast hospital visitor policy guidelines (PDF)

- 12/13/2023 Use of clear masks for deaf/hard of hearing patients (PDF)

Vaccine Resource Hub

- 9/2/2025 COVID vaccine SharePoint site

Additional Patient Communication Resources

- 9/2/2025 Consumer FAQ (Advocate Health Care | Aurora Health Care)

- 12/22/2021 Employee health webpage

- 2/9/2023 Duty to care: Educational resource (PDF) | Leader tool (PDF) | Team member tool (PDF)

- 1/13/2022 Time away from work practices (PDF)

- 9/30/2021 IDPH Vaccine Flyer (PDF)

- 6/16/2020 Benefits update: No out-of-pocket costs for COVID-19 testing (PDF)

- 5/1/2020 Mask pressure injury prevention guidelines (PDF)

- 5/1/2020 Mask injury algorithm (PDF)

- 4/3/2020 Remote work reimbursements

- 3/27/2020 * Protocol for advance directive completion for isolated patients

*Require log-on using your email credentials

- Well-being SharePoint Site

- 8/22/2023 Moral distress and COVID

- 8/22/2023 Team member crisis fund application

- 8/22/2023 Resilience & well-being tips

*Require log-on using your email credentials

- 7/20/2023 Eye protection FAQ (PDF)

- 8/25/2021 Application and removal – 3M Aura 1870+ N95 (PDF)

- 8/25/2021 Application and removal – 3M VFlex 1804S N95 (PDF)

- 8/12/2020 Performing N95 seal check (PDF)

- 4/22/2020 PPE: Donning and doffing with PAPR (PDF)

- 4/3/2020 Religious accommodation request (PDF)

- 4/3/2020 Religious accommodation request for "No beard" policy: Leader Guide (PDF)

General

- 4/28/2025 UPDATED ACL respiratory and CSF positivity rate (PDF)

- 11/30/2023 SBAR Masking expectations: Adult oncology (PDF)

- 11/2/2023 Aerosol generating procedures (PDF)

- 11/2/2023 Management of cohorted patient exposure to COVID - SBAR (PDF)

- 2/7/2023 Ethics consultation and COVID (PDF)

- 6/7/2022 Tracheostomy care (PDF)

- 3/3/2022 COVID-19 testing directions for Emergency Departments Illinois English | Spanish and Wisconsin English | Spanish  (PDF)

- 1/28/2022 Know where to go patient flyer English | Hmong | Spanish (PDF)

- 1/13/2022 Enterprise Population Health positive COVID-19 symptom monitoring (PDF)

- 1/12/2022 Launching patient/family Zoom call from AAH tablet (PDF)

- 1/12/2022 Creating Zoom account for patient/family calls (PDF)

- 9/7/2021 Clinical pathway (IL & WI) inpatient checklist and lab testing requirements (PDF)

- 4/7/2021 Use of pneumatic tube COVID-19 specimens (PDF)

- 12/17/2020 Viral filters for BiPAP and CPAP SBAR (PDF)

- 12/2/2020 Inhalation water SBAR (PDF)

- 12/1/2020 ROX index (PDF)

- 11/20/2020 Cohort BPA nursing (PDF)

- 11/20/2020 Cohort BPA providers (PDF)

- 10/9/2020 Standard protocol for adult Covid-19 direct admissions and transfer patients (IL) AAH (PDF)

- 7/29/2020 Change in COVID test results provider notification (PDF)

- 5/29/2020 Advocacy support for domestic or sexual abuse (PDF)

- 5/27/2020 SBAR: COVID-19 provider hospital inpatient documentation (PDF)

- 4/30/2020 ED respiratory support guidance (PDF)

- 4/29/2020 COVID-19 testing notification - Integrated care management process (PDF)

- 4/28/2020 Epic Cogito system IP/ED hospital trends (PDF)

- 4/20/2020 COVID Symptom Relief Kits (PDF)

- 4/20/2020 Device disinfection procedure for video visitation (PDF)

- 4/14/2020 * Resource allocation protocol (PDF)

- 4/14/2020 * Allocation of scarce resources scripting (PDF)

- 4/14/2020 Adult pulse oximetry process (PDF)

- 4/13/2020 Alternate stroke guidelines (PDF)

- 4/13/2020 Post visit discharge instructions - Patient (IL), Source: IDPH (PDF)

- 4/13/2020 Post visit discharge instructions - Household members (IL), Source: IDPH (PDF)

- 4/13/2020 Post visit discharge instructions - Patient (WI), Source: DPH (PDF)

- 4/13/2020 Post visit discharge instructions - Household members (WI), Source: DPH (PDF)

- 4/8/2020 Epic nuance smart phrase content for DMO (PDF)

- 4/6/2020 Epic Cogito reporting dashboard for SYS-COVID-19 pulse (PDF)

- 4/1/2020 Epic Dragon Medical One (DMO) references (PDF)

- 3/26/2020 Epic cogito system dashboard for patient information related to beds, labs, census & travel exposure (PDF)

- 3/18/2020 ED recommendations for triaging phone calls (PDF)

- 3/16/2020 Guidelines for health science students and residents (PDF)

Women & Children/NICU

- 10/3/2024 UPDATED Newborn intubation guide (PDF)

- 10/3/2024 UPDATED NICU newborn guidance (PDF)

- 11/2/2023 Management guidance for mothers and infants born during COVID-19 (PDF)

- 11/2/2023 NICU Aerosol Generating Procedure (AGP) guidance (PDF)

- 8/24/2023 NICU parent exposure to COVID or COVID positive result - IL (PDF)

- 8/24/2023 NICU parent exposure to COVID or COVID positive result - WI (PDF)

- 3/14/2022 Keeping my baby safe in the NICU during the pandemic - IL - English | Arabic | Burmese | Polish | Spanish (PDF)

- 3/14/2022 Keeping my baby safe in the NICU during the pandemic - WI - English | Arabic | Burmese | Polish | Spanish (PDF)

- 3/14/2022 COVID-19 prevention for your infant - IL - English | Arabic | Burmese | Polish | Spanish (PDF)

- 3/14/2022 COVID-19 prevention for your infant - WI - English | Arabic | Burmese | Polish | Spanish (PDF)

- 2/25/2022 NICU patient exposure risk assessment guidance (PDF)

Pediatrics

- 10/3/2024 UPDATED Pediatric guidelines for the delivery of inhaled medications (PDF)

*Must be logged in to Caregiver Connect/AdvocateOnline

- 8/24/2023 Aerosolized treatment in progress sign (PDF)

- 8/24/2023 Transplant precautions signage during COVID (PDF)

- 11/2/2023 Non-Acute COVID-19 deisolation guide (PDF)

- 11/2/2023 Inpatient COVID-19 deisolation guide (PDF)

- 7/20/2023 COVID testing guidance (PDF)

- 1/26/2022 COVID-19 clinical update: Jan. 25, 2022 - Webinar | Slides (PDF)

- 1/13/2022 Enterprise Population Health positive COVID-19 symptom monitoring (PDF)

- 1/11/2022 Temporary clinic closure communication toolkit (PDF)

- 12/27/2021 Universal screening workflow (PDF)

- 12/15/2021 Ivermectin fact sheet for patients (PDF)

- 11/7/2020 Modified immediate care/urgent care locations (PDF)

- 10/8/2020 Pediatrics: Symptomatic ambulatory care checklist (PDF)

- 10/8/2020 Pediatrics: Return to sports guidance (PDF)

- 6/17/2020 Anticoagulation workflow (PDF)

- 6/8/2020 COVID specimen collection for pediatric patients (PDF)

- 6/3/2020 Physician candidate interview guidelines (PDF)

- 5/26/2020 Modified immediate care/urgent care overview (PDF)

- 5/12/2020 Online profile FAQ (PDF)

- 5/11/2020 Guidance on non-urgent ambulatory visits for surge/phase 1 reactivation (PDF)

Non-urgent Ambulatory Appointments & Services

- 4/01/2021 Service line guidelines (IL) (PDF)

- 3/29/2021 Service line guidelines (WI) (PDF)

- 4/17/2020 General guidance (PDF)

- 3/23/2020 Home care guidelines (PDF)

Ambulatory Resources

- 4/16/2021 Specialty RN COVID triage protocols - Diagnosed (PDF)

- 4/16/2021 Specialty RN COVID triage protocols - Exposure (PDF)

- 4/16/2021 Specialty RN COVID triage protocols - Vaccine (PDF)

AAH Nursing Practice

- 5/3/2023 Ventilator tip sheet (PDF)

- 6/9/2022 Servo-U ventilator (PDF)

- 6/7/2022 Incentive spirometry job aid (PDF)

- 2/4/2022 COVID-19 nursing clinical resource guide (PDF)

- 1/12/2022 Heated high flow adult (PDF)

- 12/30/2020 Extended tubing guidelines (PDF)

- 4/15/2020 Oxygen therapy tip sheet (PDF)

Nursing Education

- 7/6/2020 Care team guide: Virtual vigil (PDF)

Proning

- 8/9/2023 Proning Playbook (PDF)

- 4/20/2023 Open visitor and masking guidelines FAQs (PDF)

- 4/20/2023 Masking policy and guidance (PDF)

- 4/20/2023 Teammate scripting tool - Masking  (PDF)

- 4/19/2023 Moving to optional masking SBAR (PDF)

- 3/27/2023 Hospital and ambulatory visitation guidelines (PDF)

- 3/24/2023 Facilities masking sign (PDF)

- 6/24/2022 Hospital Patient and Visitor Self-Screening Entrance Flyer | Aurora BayCare Medical Center (PDF)

- 12/29/2021 AAH hospital vendor access (PDF)

- 12/8/2021 How to request virtual visit or end of life virtual vigil (PDF)

- 1/4/2021 Coordinated virtual visit guide for family (PDF)

- 4/27/2020 Video visitation guide for family (Spanish) (PDF)

- 4/16/2020 Video visitation guide for care team (PDF)

- 4/16/2020 Video visitation guide for family (PDF)

- 9/27/2024 UPDATED Inpatient guidelines for treatment of COVID in pediatric patients (PDF)

- 1/8/2024 COVID guidelines for adult inpatients (PDF)

- 11/4/2022 AAH guidelines for the treatment of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) (PDF)

- >5/12/2022 Paxlovid update for providers – Renal Dose Package (PDF)

- 5/12/2022 Oral antivirals for ambulatory COVID treatment (PDF)

- 1/28/2022 Pediatric Remdesivir therapy plan (PDF)

- 1/28/2022 Adult Remdesivir therapy plan (PDF)

- 9/1/2021 FDA alert regarding Ivermectin use for COVID SBAR (PDF)

- 4/9/2020 IL revenue cycle hospital

- 4/9/2020 WI Epic revenue cycle

- 4/8/2020 IL Epic revenue cycle ambulatory

- 11/8/2022 Non-acute care emergent response (CPR) guidelines (PDF)

- 8/1/2022 Public health emergency waivers update (PDF)

- 2/3/2022 Home hospital: Overview, criteria and ordering services (PDF)

- 1/5/2022 CMS discharge planning (PDF)

- 1/4/2022 PAN SWAT Teams for "911" SNFs/ALs (PDF)

- 12/22/2021 Guidelines for transfer to SNFs, assisted living and congregate settings (PDF)

- 3/16/2021 COVID-19 patient testing in congregate living (PDF)

- 12/14/2020 COVID-19 testing of team members entering congregate facilities (PDF)

- 12/3/2020 Managing referrals during COVID-19 surges (PDF)

- 12/2/2020 Home hospital program patient flyer (Hmong) (PDF)

- 12/2/2020 Home hospital pulse oximetry patient instructions (Hmong) (PDF)

- 10/13/2020 Speech therapy practice - dysphagia/swallowing assessment (PDF)

- 10/9/2020 Referral guidelines: Post acute (PDF)

- 9/9/2020 Home hospital program patient flyer, IL (Spanish) (PDF)

- 9/9/2020 Home hospital program patient flyer, WI (Spanish) (PDF)

- 9/4/2020 Patient education: COVID-19 symptoms and action plan, WI (English) (PDF)

- 9/4/2020 Patient education: COVID-19 symptoms and action plan, WI (Spanish) (PDF)

- 9/4/2020 Patient education: COVID-19 symptoms and action plan, IL (English) (PDF)

- 9/4/2020 Patient education: COVID-19 symptoms and action plan, IL (Spanish) (PDF)

- 9/3/2020 Home hospital program presentation

- 9/1/2020 Home pulse oximetry patient instructions, IL (English) (PDF)

- 9/1/2020 Home pulse oximetry patient instructions, WI (English) (PDF)

- 9/1/2020 Home pulse oximetry patient instructions, IL (Spanish)  (PDF)

- 9/1/2020 Home pulse oximetry patient instructions, WI (Spanish) (PDF)

- 8/28/2020 Home Hospital program patient flyer, Illinois (PDF)

- 8/28/2020 Home Hospital program patient flyer, Wisconsin (PDF)

- 5/20/2020 Skilled nursing facility/long-term care transfer guidelines (PDF)

- 5/19/2020 COVID-19 positive IRF unit: Recommendation to surge IC (PDF)

- 5/19/2020 Changes to face-to-face home health requirements (PDF)

- 5/7/2020 Placement of COVID-19 positive patients on IRF units (IL) (PDF)

- 4/29/2020 PPE support for PAN SNFs with COVID-19 patients and PUIs (PDF)

- 4/27/2020 ACL at-home COVID-19 patient lab pick-up process (Illinois) (PDF)

- 4/22/2020 Care coordination and right level of care (PDF)

- 4/15/2020 Video visits: Patient rounding in non-Advocate Aurora Health facilities (PDF)

- 4/14/2020 Getting started with Zoom (Android) (PDF)

- 4/14/2020 Getting started with Zoom (iOS) (PDF)

- 4/7/2020 SNF telephone visits in Epic (PDF)

- 4/7/2020 Virtual visit tip sheet for health care facilities (external use only) (PDF)

- 3/31/2020 HH-HSPC Epic documentation for virtual assessments (PDF)

- 3/31/2020 Lab results from an outside provider (PDF)

- 8/12/2022 HIPAA Privacy Rule: Communicating with family and friends (PDF)

- 8/12/2022 Protecting PHI, PII and more when working remotely  (PDF)

- 8/12/2022 Proper verification of identity and authority is key when disclosing PHI - Inpatient  (PDF)

- 2/4/2022 Is it a HIPAA violation to ask individuals their vaccine status?  (PDF)

- 12/21/2020 WI death certificate notice  (PDF)

- 8/11/2020 Providing civil immunity - Illinois  (PDF)

- 8/11/2020 Providing civil immunity - Wisconsin  (PDF)

- 5/1/2020 CMS second round interim rule changes  (PDF)

- 5/1/2020 Executive order in response to COVID-19 FAQ (IL)  (PDF)

- 4/23/2020 COVID-19 liability legislation FAQ (WI)  (PDF)

- 3/27/2020 Postmortem specimen handling, cleaning and waste disposal, Source: CDC

- 3/26/2020 Cybersecurity and privacy: 8 tips for working remotely (PDF)

- 12/16/2020 Virtual Health Resource Center