Office Guidelines during COVID-19
Health | Safety | Communication | Care
For Clients
Attending your in-person visit: Before coming in for therapy we ask that you do a self-assessment of your physical health.
Entering the Office: Clients will now be entering the office through their therapist specific door. Dr. Waters is suite 120, Amy Morse is suite 124, and Sarah Holmes is suite 126. Entering through the correct door helps us cut down on unnecessary contact between different clients. Your therapist will direct you to the handwashing station once you come through their door.
Face Coverings: All adults that accompany children to their therapy session must wear a face covering or mask. If you have an underlying condition that prevents you from doing so, you will be asked to sit outside of the therapy room during the child’s session. Don’t have one? We have one for you.
Social Distancing: We ask that adults practice social distancing. Please maintain the appropriate 6-foot distance from our therapists as well as other adults and children that may be in the clinic during your visit. Children who are receiving therapy are not expected to follow social distancing guidelines from their therapist as it prevents us from providing our best care.
Restroom and Building: Face coverings are required in the hallways and restrooms of the building in which our clinic is located. Please exhibit common courtesy for other businesses and individuals who share our building by wearing a mask or face covering when using the restroom and walking through the hallways.
Hand washing: Upon entering the clinic for your visit we ask that you use the sink located in the office to wash your hands. A step stool has been provided for children. Water, soap, and 20 seconds goes a long way in maintaining a healthy community.
Infection Concerns: We ask that if you are concerned about the health of you, your child, or someone that you have had close contact with, that you report it to our office and continue therapy via Telehealth for a minimum of 7 days and confirm that no symptoms are persisting.
Attending your in-person visit: Before coming in for therapy we ask that you do a self-assessment of your physical health.
- Do you have a fever of 100 degrees or higher? If not, come on in.
- Have you had any new or changing respiratory symptoms? Cough? Shortness of breath? Chest pain or tightness? If not come on in.
- Have you been exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19? If not come on in.
- Have you been directly exposed to someone who showed visible signs or symptoms related to COVID-19? If not come on in.
- Does anyone is your household have a fever or illness? If not come on in.
Entering the Office: Clients will now be entering the office through their therapist specific door. Dr. Waters is suite 120, Amy Morse is suite 124, and Sarah Holmes is suite 126. Entering through the correct door helps us cut down on unnecessary contact between different clients. Your therapist will direct you to the handwashing station once you come through their door.
Face Coverings: All adults that accompany children to their therapy session must wear a face covering or mask. If you have an underlying condition that prevents you from doing so, you will be asked to sit outside of the therapy room during the child’s session. Don’t have one? We have one for you.
Social Distancing: We ask that adults practice social distancing. Please maintain the appropriate 6-foot distance from our therapists as well as other adults and children that may be in the clinic during your visit. Children who are receiving therapy are not expected to follow social distancing guidelines from their therapist as it prevents us from providing our best care.
Restroom and Building: Face coverings are required in the hallways and restrooms of the building in which our clinic is located. Please exhibit common courtesy for other businesses and individuals who share our building by wearing a mask or face covering when using the restroom and walking through the hallways.
Hand washing: Upon entering the clinic for your visit we ask that you use the sink located in the office to wash your hands. A step stool has been provided for children. Water, soap, and 20 seconds goes a long way in maintaining a healthy community.
Infection Concerns: We ask that if you are concerned about the health of you, your child, or someone that you have had close contact with, that you report it to our office and continue therapy via Telehealth for a minimum of 7 days and confirm that no symptoms are persisting.
For Employees
Employee Health Checks: All in-office employees are required to perform a health screening upon arriving to the clinic each day. These check-ins are to be recorded on the spreadsheet provided.
Hand washing: Wash hands when entering and re-entering the clinic. Wash hands after every therapy session and before the start of the next session.
Face coverings: Therapist are required to wear clear face shields during in-person sessions. These shields protect both the child and the therapist from saliva particles but allow the children to see the therapist’s mouth and face.
Surface cleaning: After each session it is required that you wipe down the table and chairs that were used during the session with sanitizer that meets the requirements of the CDC.
Toy/Game/Therapy tool cleaning: All physical materials used during a therapy session must be cleaned and sanitized with appropriate CDC cleaner after each use. This includes all materials that were touched by therapists, children, or parents.
Face Shield Cleaning: After each session, therapists must wash their face shields with soap and warm water. After a day’s use, face shields must be swapped out and left to sit for 24 hours before reusing.
Computers/Ipads/Phones: Disinfecting of technology should be done twice a day. Once during your lunch break and again before leaving the clinic. Use good judgment, if you are concerned about germs and viruses on your technology due to contact with unwashed hands, take initiative and disinfect it more frequently. Remember that you put your phone to your face.
PROMT Therapy: As therapist begin performing PROMPT therapy again, we require that therapist wear a new set of disposable nitrile gloves.
Employee Health Checks: All in-office employees are required to perform a health screening upon arriving to the clinic each day. These check-ins are to be recorded on the spreadsheet provided.
- You must check your temperature using the thermometer in the office and record it.
- Do you have any new or changing respiratory symptoms?
- Have you had contact with anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19?
- Have you attended an event with more than 25 people?
Hand washing: Wash hands when entering and re-entering the clinic. Wash hands after every therapy session and before the start of the next session.
Face coverings: Therapist are required to wear clear face shields during in-person sessions. These shields protect both the child and the therapist from saliva particles but allow the children to see the therapist’s mouth and face.
Surface cleaning: After each session it is required that you wipe down the table and chairs that were used during the session with sanitizer that meets the requirements of the CDC.
Toy/Game/Therapy tool cleaning: All physical materials used during a therapy session must be cleaned and sanitized with appropriate CDC cleaner after each use. This includes all materials that were touched by therapists, children, or parents.
Face Shield Cleaning: After each session, therapists must wash their face shields with soap and warm water. After a day’s use, face shields must be swapped out and left to sit for 24 hours before reusing.
Computers/Ipads/Phones: Disinfecting of technology should be done twice a day. Once during your lunch break and again before leaving the clinic. Use good judgment, if you are concerned about germs and viruses on your technology due to contact with unwashed hands, take initiative and disinfect it more frequently. Remember that you put your phone to your face.
PROMT Therapy: As therapist begin performing PROMPT therapy again, we require that therapist wear a new set of disposable nitrile gloves.
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