The COVID-19 pandemic has been a strange, unprecedented time for all of us. We have certainly missed having our amazing patients in the office and having the opportunity to help them with their eye care needs. Now that the Boulder County is beginning to open up its doors again to some businesses and medical practices like ours, we wanted to discuss some of the health precautions we will be taking here at Sight Eyecare now that we plan on a partial reopening on May 5th. In accordance with safety measures recommended by the CDC and the American Optometric Association, here’s what we will be doing:
1. BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
Our doors will still be locked and only unlocked for those with a reserved exam appointment time (no guests) Tuesday through Friday. This means you should be the ONLY person in the office when you come in for your exam (other than 1-2 staff members). We will be spacing out our schedule to ensure that there is plenty of time for sanitizing between patients (see 4). Since our doors will be locked, walk in frame browsing will not be permitted at this time and will need to be done at the time of your appointment.
2. Wearing Masks
All patients will be required to wear a mask in our office. Let us know if you do not have a mask, and we can help you locate one. Everyone on our team will be wearing masks.
3. Illness
An “illness screening” questionnaire will be required before anyone is admitted into our office for an examination. We will take each patient’s temperature prior to the exam and will be turning away anybody with a fever. Our staff will be required to stay home if ill.
4. In-depth office disinfection
All areas of our office will be heavily cleaned and disinfected throughout the day. All equipment, touched surfaces, pens, and eyewear will be sterilized between each patient.
5. Curbside Pickup/free CL shipping
We will be doing curbside pickup of eyeglasses whenever possible and will continue doing FREE shipping on contact lens boxes to your home!