Precautions You should Be Taking

• ALL patient encounters will be by appointment. Walk-ins will not be allowed.

• Your temperature will be taken before entering the building.

• Paperwork can be completed before before visit -pre-registration on our website.

• We ask that you arrive at your appointment alone unless you are a minor and require adult supervision then we will allow one caregiver inside with the child.

• Patients may be asked to wait in their car for their appointment, depending on how many people are in the practice at any given time

• Temperatures will be taken upon arrival.

• We ask that upon entering our clinic, that you immediately wash your hands with soap and water or hand sanitizer.

• Anyone who enters the building will be required to wear a face mask. If a patient does not have a mask, we will provide one at the front door.

• We may ask you to leave the office if you show flu-like signs, cold/fever, or coughing.

• Staff will not shake hands with any of our patients. Please don’t take it personally. 🙂

• We will be practicing safe distancing within the clinic and we ask that you do your best to keep a minimum of 6 feet between you and other patients.

Steps Our Practice is Taking

• Appointment times are spaced further apart to ensure social distancing.

• Hand sanitation stations and sinks are available throughout the practice.

• All of our staff and doctors will be wearing appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) including gloves, masks and face-shields.

• Spread-out patient chairs in the optical and reception area – at least 6 feet apart.

• Every chair will be disinfected between each use.

• Each pre-testing and examination rooms are disinfected after every patient exam, including all surfaces, instrumentation, door handles, and equipment.

• We will disinfect frames after a patient has contact with them.

• Regular cleaning and disinfecting railings, door handles, counters, reception room areas, and all spaces where public interaction occurs.

• Limiting the number of patients in the office or any area at one time.

• The exam room and pretesting instruments will be disinfected after every patient.

• We will be aware of common “touch points” within the clinic such as doorknobs, counters, keyboard, phones, credit card machines, pens, etc. and will be disinfecting these as often as possible.

• All reading material has been removed from the waiting area.

• Pens will be sanitized after each use by a patient.

• No signatures on credit card receipts – touchless transactions when possible.

• Deep cleaning at the end of each day.

• Discussions with doctors and staff will be kept to a minimum.

• Follow up phone calls or telehealth video conferencing will be used as often as possible.