Covid 19 Appointment Information
We are looking forward to seeing you for your scheduled appointment. We hope that you and your family have been healthy throughout these trying times. As you plan for your visit, please make note of the following to ensure everyone’s safety.
- Please arrive 15 minutes before your appointment
- Please complete the pre-appointment screening and consent forms
- As you enter the office, make sure that you are wearing an appropriate mask and be advised that a non-touch infrared temperature reading will be completed
- We ask that only the patient come in for their appointment
- You will be provided with hand sanitizer upon entering our practice
- Social distancing, whenever possible, will be practiced
- Once taken to your treatment room, you will be asked to wash your hands thoroughly and will be given a hydrogen peroxide containing mouth wash to swish and gargle with
CHANGES WE’VE MADE AROUND THE OFFICE
- All staff and doctors complete a wellness screening and have their temperatures taken in the morning and after lunch to keep everyone safe. All staff and doctors are tested (nasal swab, blood antibody) routinely to ensure everyone’s safety
- Finger prick blood test kits are available for patient testing to determine a patient’s antibody status. Tests will be performed based on the discretion of the doctors following review of the wellness screening forms
- We have increased our cleaning schedule, especially in high traffic areas
- We have purchased medical grade air purifiers with HEPA-13 filters. These purifiers improve air quality in the office and mitigate the spread of airborne particles
- We are fortunate to have windows that open in each treatment room. We have placed fans in each window sill to continuously draw out the air in treatment rooms and create negative air pressure to mitigate the spread of airborne particles
- We have removed all magazines to mitigate the spread of infection
- We are using an additional high speed suction and isolation system (isodry) that significantly decrease aerosols during preparation procedures
- We are limiting our available appointments to allow for adequate time to adhere to our strict cleaning and disinfection protocols of our treatment rooms and to limit the number of patients in the office to maintain adequate social distancing
