COVID-19 Notification
During this challenging time in the medical community, our utmost priority is to care for and protect our patients. We plan to provide retina care to our community in a safe environment. We are following the CDC, local and state health department, and American Academy of Ophthalmology’s recommendations regarding disinfection, infection control, and social distancing guidelines in all our offices. All patients must wear a mask while in our office. If a patient does not have a mask, a mask will be given to them. To protect our patients and staff, we ask that patients with the following symptoms or situations contact our office prior to their appointment to see if they can keep their current appointment:
- Patients who are not vaccinated and have been exposed to someone diagnosed with COVID-19 within the last 14 days
- Patients with fever, flu-like symptoms, headache, diarrhea, stomach pain, loss of taste/smell, congestion, sore throat, fatigue, body aches, new-onset cough, conjunctivitis (pink eye), or newonset shortness of breath
For patients with urgent eye conditions who meet the above-mentioned criteria, we will examine and treat them in an isolated space in our office if needed.
Visitor Policy: We currently are prohibiting visitors from our clinics except for visitors accompanying patients with decreased mental capacity, extreme physical impairments, potential surgery patients, new patients, emergency patients, and 1-day postop patients. All visitors must also meet the abovementioned illness criteria to stay in our office with a patient. Visitors not meeting the previously mentioned criteria must wait outside our office until the patient exits the building, and unfortunately at this time, they may not wait in our office or waiting areas. In addition, we will not allow anyone under the age of 16 in our offices.
As always, we appreciate your understanding and support during this ever-changing, healthcare climate
