COVID Policies & procedures

At Chicago Veneers our top priority is keeping our patients safe and healthy. Below are new policies and procedures that we have implemented for both staff and patients:

• Taking staff temperature every day and strict sick leave policy
• Prescreen patients for symptoms with questionnaire
• Asking patient to not arrive early so we can control traffic/allow for distancing between patients
• Ask patients to wear a mask to the office, if they do not have one we can provide one
• Avoid bringing any unnecessary companions
• Reconfirm answers to questionnaire when patient arrives
• Taking temperatures when patient arrives
• Asking patient to observe hand hygiene upon arrival
• Using a pre-procedural mouth rinse to reduce aerosolized microbes
• Reducing aerosol production with procedure modifications and high volume suction use
• Premium air filters in every room that filter out particles .001 microns in size
• Thorough disinfection of rooms between patients
• Disposable barriers on equipment
• Packaged sterilized instruments are opened in operatory during appointment
• Utilizing sneeze guards at our front desk
• Frequent disinfection of bathroom and reception areas
• We removed our self-service coffee bar and brochure displays
• Increased PPE including gowns, faceshields, high filtration masks
• Asking patients to notify us if they become symptomatic and have recently been in our office
• Following all state and local guidelines including asking patients to self-quarantine if they had recent travel to hotspot states