COVID-19 Safety Protocols
Full Circle Oral Surgery follows rigorous safety protocols to minimize exposure to COVID-19.
Overview
- Face coverings required for all patients and visitors
- Full PPE (N95 masks, face shields, and medical gloves) required for all staff at all times
- All staff are fully vaccinated against COVID-19
- Mostly paperless and contactless patient paperwork
- New equipment to reduce the risk of transmission, especially airborne
- Enhanced sanitizing and cleaning implemented between each patient visit
- Strict adherence to the latest CDC, CDPH, OSHA, ADA, and CDA safety guidelines
Specifics
New equipment
- Plexiglass barrier at front desk
- HyperHEPA air purification in our oral surgery operatory
- Filters 99.5% of ultrafine particles, including viruses, down to 0.003 microns (10x’s smaller than a virus)
- Filters the entire room air volume of our oral surgery operatory every 10 minutes
- Chairside extraoral dental suction device for aerosols
- A high-suction, HEPA-filtered device positioned near the patient’s mouth during oral surgery treatment to capture aerosols and protect the patient and the oral surgeon from airborne contaminants
- Filters out 99.97% of biological aerosols, including viruses, down to 0.3 microns
- Industrial-duty, OHSA-compliant fogger
Enhanced protocols for patients
Before your visit
- Paperwork required for check-in should be completed electronically before your visit
- Payments, if required, should be completed on our online payment page before your visit
- An online screening for COVID-19 must be completed by all patients and visitors before entering our office
- A link to our online screening form will be sent to you a day or two ahead of your appointment time
During your visit
Arrival
- All patients and visitors will be required to wear a face covering before entering the building
Entering the office
- Our greeter will check the temperature of any visitors with a touchless thermometer and ask any visitors to sanitize their hands
Leaving the office
- Most post-procedure paperwork, including the items below, will be sent to the patient or their pharmacy electronically
- Treatment plans
- Receipts & statements
- Prescriptions
Enhanced protocols for staff
- All employees are remotely screened on a daily basis before they come to work
- All employees have their temperature checked on a daily basis before they enter the office
- All employees are required to wear full PPE (N95 masks, face shields, and medical gloves) at all times
Enhanced protocols for cleaning and sanitizing
- In addition to adhering strictly to standard infection control protocols set out by CDC and OSHA, we have implemented enhanced cleaning and sanitizing protocols
- All contact surfaces in our office, especially in our oral surgery operatories, undergo thorough manual cleaning and disinfection after each patient visit
- An industrial-duty fogger is used to supplement our disinfection efforts