Dental Office Advanced Safety Protocol – Evanston, IL
OUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR SAFETY
Dentist Evanston
Nothing matters more to us than the health and safety of our dental patients. To protect both you and our team, we’ve implemented the following steps into our dental office’s safety protocols. If you have questions about how we’re making your visit a safe experience, feel free to reach out to us.
ADVANCED STAFF TRAINING
Each member of our team has completed additional awareness and prevention
programs to enhance their knowledge and preparedness.
SAFETY CHAMPION
Each day, one person will be designated to guide our Commitment to Safety. This
includes greeting patients, answering questions, ensuring social distancing, and overall
monitoring.
DAILY HEALTH CHECKS OF OUR TEAM
No contact temperature checks and a quick set of questions will ensure our team is
ready, willing and able to provide safe dental care – every day.
NO HANDSHAKES OR HUGS
We truly do love our patients. However, we will save our hearty welcomes and
goodbyes for a later date when things are “back to normal”.
NO DENTAL OFFICE TOURS
We enjoy starting every new patient visit by showing off our amazing dental office.
These tours will have to wait for your next visit.
CHANGE WORK CLOTHES AT WORK
In the past, you might have seen us at the grocery store in our stylish scrubs. No
longer. Now, we change into and out of our newly-cleaned scrubs at the dental office,
every day.
VIRTUAL WAITING ROOM
Now, you can check-in from your car. As a result, you are able to minimize contact with
others, bypass the reception area, and go directly to your treatment room.
NO PATIENT GLOVES ALLOWED
Minimizing cross-contamination is an important part of our plan. We will ask you to
dispose of any outside gloves before you enter.
SEQUENCED PATIENT SCHEDULING
Plain and simple, we are not seeing as many patients. We are allocating more time
between visits for coming, going and cleaning.
PRE-SCREENING OF EVERY PATIENT
A quick health questionnaire and consent form along with a no-touch temperature
check will be completed when you arrive at our dental office.
HOSPITAL-GRADE HAND SANITIZING STATION
Every patient will be asked to thoroughly disinfect their hands before entering the
clinical area of our dental office.
SOCIAL DISTANCING IN PLACE
Fewer chairs in our reception area, helpful signs and one-way traffic in our treatment
area make 6’ spacing a practical reality.
CLEANING AFTER EVERY APPOINTMENT
We are super clean as we thoroughly wipe, sanitize, and disinfect all instruments,
equipment and surfaces in each operatory after every patient.
CDC-APPROVED INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION
This is standard procedure at all times, and nothing has changed. Anything that goes
near your mouth is heat and pressure cleaned between every use.
N95 & ASTM LEVEL 3 MASKS
The beautiful smiles of our clinical team – dentists, hygienists, and assistants – will be
protected behind double-masking at all times.
FRONT DESK MASKS
Even our friendly administrative team will be wearing ASTM Level 3 masks. Don’t worry.
They are smiling behind those masks!
FACE SHIELDS
Two masks are not enough. Our clinical team will also protect you and themselves
through the use of FDA Approved PET face shields.
DISPOSABLE, PROTECTIVE COATS & HATS
When appropriate, our team will utilize another layer of protection to minimize the
spread or absorption of airborne particles.
HEPA AIR FILTRATION
Our air has never been cleaner. We have added HEPA-grade filters to our HVAC system
along with stand-alone air cleaners in each operatory.
NO MAGAZINES OR ACTIVITIES
This may make our reception area a little less exciting, but it makes it much safer as
well.