Checklist for Screening Clients Who Want to Initiate Use of the Copper IUD

Family Health International (FHI), with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has developed a simple checklist designed to help providers determine quickly and with confidence whether a client may use an intrauterine device (IUD). Based on the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, the checklist consists of a series of questions designed to identify any medical conditions or behaviours that would either prevent safe IUD use or require further screening.

The checklist is two pages long, and contains a total of 20 questions on medical history, the pelvic exam and establishing that the client is not pregnant. Another two pages contain explanations of the checklist questions.