COVID-19 Protocols

Staying up-to-date with the CDC AND OSHA guidelines, here is what you will find in our practice:

• All patients will wait in their car and call the office upon arrival. Please call us at (858) 546-0500. Please wait in your car until we are ready for you.
• COVID-19 screening questions are asked when we confirm appointments the previous day and we ask the same questions upon arrival to the office. We check temperatures with a touchless thermometer and check oxygen saturation levels with a pulse oximeter.
• Forms will be sent electronically via text or email.
• Social distancing is being practiced and face coverings is MANDATORY.
• The office has been thoroughly cleaned and disinfected with 70% alcohol and/or Cavicide, the countertops, door handles. The front and back door of the office remain open during business hours to keep air flowing throughout the office.
• HEPA filters are placed in each operatory and are left on during business hours.
• The office has been reorganized for uninterrupted flow of work.
• We have staggered appointments, so patients do not arrive at the same time.
• Sneeze guards are in place at check in counter.
• The team members at the front desk will be wearing face masks. All other team members will wear face shields, lab coats/gowns and nitrile gloves.
• We added additional steps in disinfecting our rooms, instruments and sterilization center.
• Utilization of aerosol reducing system is in place.