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Covid 19 - Patient Health & Safety
As a team of trained medical professionals, we are dedicated to maintaining a safe environment for our patients in Zephyrhills. We know that now, moving forward, our commitment to your safety is even more important to you.
Rigorous infection control procedures have always been at the core of everything we do at Zephyrhills Dental. While continuing to meet the traditional CDC and OSHA requirements, we will also be implementing new, additional safety protocols.
Updated Dental Office Protocols:
What to Expect
The next time you come into our dental office in Zephyrhills, you may notice some of these new safety protocols. For example, we might:
- Be wearing additional personal protection equipment
- Request that you wear a mask to your appointment
- Ask to take yours and other patients’ temperatures on arrival
- Ask you to wash your hands for thirty seconds
- Request that you wait in the treatment room or your vehicle instead of the waiting room
These new protocols will help maintain a safe environment while we address your dental needs.
*These are only examples of the new protocols. As the situation changes, the protocols we follow may change as well.
Frequently Asked Questions
While continuing to meet the traditional CDC and OSHA requirements we have adopted additional protocols used to protect patients as well as our team from the spread of COVID-19. These protocols may include: Our staff wearing additional personal protection equipment, requesting you wear a mask to your appointment, asking to take yours and other patients’ temperatures upon arrival, asking you to wash your hands for thirty seconds, and also requesting you wait in the treatment room or your vehicle instead of the waiting room.
We are screening our team each day as they enter the practice and following all infectious protocols to prevent exposure. If anyone has been exposed to a positive COVID-19 case within the last 14 days, they are on a self-quarantine and will not be returning to work.
If you have a face mask that covers your mouth and nose, you can wear one to your appointment. Please give us a call if you have any concerns about wearing a mask at your appointment.
We clean between each patient and are doing a deep cleaning of the office every day. As an extra precaution, we are screening each patient and team member as they arrive at the practice and we are not allowing unnecessary guests to accompany patients in the office.
We always do our best to accommodate busy schedules. Please call us today at 813-783-3700 to discuss appointment times and availability.