We comply with COVID-19, Corona virus guidelines for safe operations from
- CDC (Centers for Disease Control),
- ADA (American Dental Association),
- CDA (California Dental Association) and
- SCCDS (Santa Clara County Dental Society)
We strive to meet/exceed regulations mandated by Santa Clara County, California State and OSHA.
COVID-19 specific changes include:
- Daily screening protocol for staff
- Temperature check
- Contact tracing, activities outside the office
- Patients
- Screening questionnaire
- Temperature check
- Treatment consent
- Visitor distance guidance
- Need visitors to wait in the car or
- Walk outside
- Modified schedule
- Additional buffer time so that at any given time only one patient is in the facility
- Additional time allocated to clean and sterilize premises for safe operations for next patient
- Strict hygiene
- Staff and patient sport wear face masks/shields
- Implement strict hand hygiene
- Personal protective equipment which includes N95/KN95 and others as appropriate
- Sterile office environment protocols
- Sterilization of hand pieces, tools used for treatment
- Wipe down of X-Ray equipment, dental chair, switches
- Surface, door handles and exposed areas disinfected as necessary