What We Are Doing for COVID-19
Protocols and Precautions
- Team members have temperature and symptom screenings twice per day, and wear masks while in the office
- Patients are screens prior to their appointment and upon arriving, including temperature screening
- Everyone uses hand sanitizer prior to entering the office
- Everyone wears a mask while in the office and not in active treatment
- HEPA air filters with UV-C lights in each room
- Treatment rooms with doors that close
- Preprocedural antiseptic rinse to decrease potential of virus in aerosols
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High speed suctioning during all aerosol procedures to decrease aerosol
- Isodry to decrease aerosols
- Increased PPE- hats, N95 masks, surgical masks, face shields, glasses, gowns changed between patients
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Increased cleaning/wiping of non-treatment areas between all patients
- Unnecessary items removed from common areas and treatment rooms
- Continued cleaning of treatment areas according to OSHA guidelines
- Altered schedule to minimize overlapping patients in the office
- Limit the number of people who come with patients