We closely adhere to CDC-recommended guidelines to ensure your health and safety, monitored carefully throughout the day. Our patient safety protocols include the following:
- We will add fifteen extra minutes between patient appointments to minimize the number of patients in the office at any given time. For example, patients who are scheduled for a regular appointment (15 minutes) will be scheduled 30 minutes apart. Patients who are coming in for a 30- or 45-minute surgical procedure will be scheduled as a 45-minute or 1 hour appointment, respectively.
- All staff will have their temperatures taken at the start of the day and wear masks throughout the entire work day. Gloves will be worn when any touching of patients is involved.
- Daily temperatures of staff will be documented on a log.
- Any staff reporting signs or symptoms of any illness will be released to home or informed to stay home to self quarantine for 2 weeks.
- Any staff with personal exposure to any known person with COVID-19 shall self-quarantine for 2 weeks.
- Outside of the office doors, we will place three taped lines on the floor marking 6 feet intervals. This will be done at checkout as well.
- The front doors will remain locked until a patient is escorted into the office suite.
- A member of your Medovate healthcare team will be manning the front desk to greet patients as they come in the door and assure that:
- All patients are wearing a face covering (one can be provided as necessary, currently building sign says no one allowed without a face covering). Note: Children under age of two are not required to wear a face mask.
- Only patients and their caregiver are allowed in the exam room/office suite.
- Only children who are being seen by a physician are allowed in the exam room/office suite and can be accompanied by one parent or legal guardian.
- Patient has no signs or symptoms of any illness.
- Patient temperatures taken: if 100 F or greater, patients will be informed to reschedule their appointment two weeks after having a normal temperature.
- Temperature will be documented in the p