COVID-19 Precautions
For Our Patients & Employees
In order to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 here in our offices, The Winkley Company has enacted the following measures for our team and patient care, company-wide:
Scheduling:
- Clinicians will only see one patient at a time – No Double Booking
- Schedule patients with a time buffer to prevent overlap in care
- Patients will be roomed immediately or asked to wait in their car if no room is available
- Patients must not arrive early – will be asked to wait in their car
- No patients will be waiting in lobby area
All Patients:
- Patients will wear a face mask or be provided one during their appointment
- Only 1 guest will be allowed in the room with the patient
- When appropriate – curbside service can be provided
- Follow social distancing when arriving and leaving
Common Office Measures:
- Increased cleaning/sanitizing of all touch surfaces – at least hourly sanitizing
- In patient care rooms, all touch surfaces will be cleaned between each patient
- All magazines, catalogs, collateral materials are removed from lobby/patient rooms
Front Office Staff:
- Front office employees can only use the phone/keyboard at their stations
- All workstations and phones are sanitized as employee leaves for lunch and end of day
- Front office staff must wash their hands when entering and leaving their work stations
- Front office equipment will be sanitized hourly throughout the day – copier/printer
Lab/Technicians:
- No sharing of benches or tools
- Wipe down communal equipment after use (carvers, riveting bench, etc)
- Wear face masks
- Any device that comes in will be sprayed and wiped down when it comes in and before it goes back out, all new items cleaned and bagged
Clinicians/Office Staff:
- Wear face masks, glasses/goggles and gloves for patient care/contact
- Patient care staff has reinforced hand washing and proper glove usage
- Patient care staff laptops are sanitized at lunch and end of day, tablets sanitized between each patient
All Staff:
- Personal electronics are sanitized at the end of each day
- Wipe down table and chair in lunch room before and after eating
- Tables/chairs reduced to increase space between employees
- Follow social distancing guidelines between all employees
- Recommended to go directly home, shower, and change from work clothing
- Continued education as new information is available on best practices
- All boxes arriving from UPS/FedEx are handled with gloves