IN RESPONE TO COVID-19 WE WANT TO ASSURE OUR PATIENTS THAT WE ARE TAKING THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. OUR OFFICE PROTOCOL INCLUDES: LEAVING THE FRONT DOOR OPEN, WIPING DOWN ALL DOOR HANDLES, COUNTERS, PHONES AND COMPUTERS IN THE MORNING, AT LUNCH AND LEAVING THE OFFICE, STAFF TEMPERATURES WILL BE TAKEN DAILY AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR SHIFT, THE WAITING ROOM WILL BE CLEARED OF CHAIRS, MAGAZINES AND FLYERS TO MINIMIZE ANY SPREAD OF COVID-19, PATIENTS WILL BE SCREENED ON THE PHONE FOR SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19: FEVER, DRY COUGH, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, CHEST PAIN, BODY ACHES, FATIGUE AND DIARRHEA OR ANY TRAVEL IN THE PAST 2 WEEKS, STAFF AND PATIENTS WILL WEAR FACE MASKS DURING THE OFFICE VISIT, PATIENT TEMPERATURES WILL BE TAKEN UPON ENTERING THE OFFICE, THE SIGN-IN KIOSK HAS BEEN ELIMINATED, DR. GRAVES WILL WASH HIS HANDS WITH SOAP AND WATER FOR 20 SECONDS BETWEEN EACH PATIENT, HAND SANITIZER WILL BE USED UPON ENTERING THE TREATMENT ROOM, SANITIZER WILL BE USED BEFORE SETTING UP A PATIENT ON MUSCLE STIMULATION, THE TREATMENT TABLES ARE SANITIZED AFTER EACH PATIENT AND THE IPAD FOR EMR WILL BE SANITIZED AFTER EACH PATIENT VISIT.
