COVID-19 Safety

BEACH CITIES ENTS
COVID-19 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

To protect our patients, staff and providers during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Beach Cities ENTS has instituted numerous measures including:  

• All patients are screened for symptoms, sick contacts, and risk factors upon entering the office.

• Our reception area is set up for all patients to sit and stand with physical distancing.

• Every patient and staff member has their temperature checked upon entering our office.

• Every staff member in our office wears a mask at all times. All patients and their family members are required to wear a mask at all times while in the office.

• Every staff desk and work station contains hand sanitizer and is cleaned daily.

• Partitions separate every work station that is less than 6 feet apart.

• Our surgeons wear PPE consisting of an N-95 mask, eye shield, gloves, and (when appropriate) gown for each patient examination.

• No one shakes hands.

• The exam room is cleaned and all touch points are sanitized prior to EVERY patient visit.

• A HEPA filter runs continuously throughout each exam room and the reception area.

• After a procedure is performed, the room door is kept closed with the HEPA filter running on high for 10 minutes to allow for complete air exchange prior to room turnover.

• Each patient enters and exits the exam room escorted by our staff with physical distancing measures from other patients.

• Every surgery patient is tested for Covid-19 prior to surgery, confirmed negative and asked to quarantine from the day of the preop test until after surgery.