Blue Ridge Pediatric Dentistry Covid-19 Information Update
At Blue Ridge Pediatric Dentistry, we are trying our best to filter through these developments and react according to advice from public health organizations that we trust: the Centers for Disease Control and Buncombe County Health Department.
So far, the Buncombe County Health Department is not reporting any presumptive positive or confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Buncombe County – and official recommendations to protect our local community against COVID-19 have not changed. Recommendations are the following:
- Wash your hands often and thoroughly for at least 20 seconds
- Do not touch your face
- Disinfect surfaces regularly
- Cough/sneeze into your bent elbow or a tissue, and throw the tissue away immediately
- Stay home if you are sick
- Self-quarantine if you have traveled to a country with a Level 3 Travel Health Notice
- Practice social distancing if you are part of the higher-risk for COVID-19 population (older adults and people who have serious chronic medical conditions like: heart disease, diabetes, lung disease)
Here’s what we are currently doing to protect our community at our office:
- Disinfecting surfaces with every patient contact
- Making additional cleaners available to all staff
- Reminding staff and families/members to stay home if they have fever, coughing, or difficulty breathing
- Posted reminder to our patients to wash hands frequently
- Propped open non-security doors to limit the number of times the community has to touch the handles
- Cancelled office-related travel out-of-state and abroad for staff