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Here is what our office is doing to keep our patients and ourselves safe

We sent this out to all our patients.  As many of you already know, we officially reopened for cleanings and all general and cosmetic procedures earlier this month. 

I wanted to let you know about everything we're doing to keep you safe.  Needless to say, we're following all CDC guidelines and we exceed OSHA standards for infection control.

First off, I want to highlight a cool aspect of Saratoga Dentistry that sets us apart from other dental offices: Each of our four treatment rooms have full walls and a door. So once you are in your room, you are not sharing air-space with other patients.

Additionally, we run high speed IQAir Pro Health Plus hyper hepa filters in each of these rooms, which turns over the room air in as little as 6 minutes. 

More patient safety specifics: When we confirm your appointment the day beforehand, you will be screened for COVID-19 symptoms both by phone and electronic form.  Every patient and team member is screened before entering the office, including a (no-touch) temperature check. 

We're allowing no more than two people at a time in our waiting room, and only after they've been screened. (For minors, we do allow up to two guardians in the waiting room, as long as they wear masks and stay socially distanced.)

Everyone wears a mask in the office - all patients, companions, and staff. Myself and other staff members also wear a face shield during treatments.

All common area surfaces are wiped clean many times per day with hospital grade disinfectant. This includes disinfecting all door knobs, doors, front office countertops, etc. (Treatment rooms have always been cleaned and wiped down with a hospital grade virucidal/bacteriocide/fungicide product for each new patient, but this now applies to the entire office.)

Hepa UV filters run in the waiting room and front office areas.

All staff members will change into new sterile full-length gowns for each patient they treat.

I purchased 13 dozen of the PPE Universal Isolation Gowns from PPE by UjENA and they are working out great. See photo.   

(06/12/2020)
by Dr Daniel Araldi

More Information: https://www.mybestdentists.com/SaratogaDentistry

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