How is Foot Healthcare Associates Keeping the offices safe for patients and employees during and after the COVID-19 Crisis?
As a foot and ankle surgeon, we always take your safety and
the safety of the office staff very seriously, but especially
so during this unprecedented time with the COVID-19 crisis.
Please know this office follows the recommended cleaning
and disinfecting practices set forth by the Center for Disease Control to keep the office clean. We are also
following recommended patient flow/triage protocol to
keep everyone safe while in the office.
Cleaning & Disinfecting
We’re taking extra care to clean and disinfect all high-touch surfaces and patient care areas throughout the office. We have installed plexiglass barriers to help keep air circulation between patient and staff minimalized. We are requiring all patients, visitors, and employees to wear masks at all times while in the office. Staff and patients are disinfecting hands when entering the office with complimentary hand sanitizer.
Patient Protocol
Our office is asking COVID screening questions prior to every appointment
and then again when you arrive at the office. *If you’re not feeling well, or think you’ve been exposed, please
call our office for care
options.
- We’re wearing masks
for all our safety and
ask that you do too. - When coming to the
office, we are practicing
social distancing in the
waiting room and in the
patient care areas where
it’s possible. - Patient care schedules
are spaced out to help
keep patient to patient
contact to a minimum.
TeleHealth Services
Our office is also seeing patients virtually via a TeleHealth appointment. To make an appointment, contact our office and request a virtual visit.
Things we can see via TeleHealth include, but not limited to:
- Heel and arch pain,
general foot pain - Achilles tendinitis
- Metatarsalgia (pain in
the ball of your foot) - Plantar warts
- Skin rashes and athlete’s foot
- Big toe pain
- Arthritis
- Gout