It has been 6 months since our counties were ordered to shelter in place due to the CoVid-19 pandemic. Throughout this time, we at East Bay Pediatrics have been consulting local experts on the best ways to
keep you, our staff, and our doctors safe while still attending to the medical needs of each of the
children and young adults under our care.
Here are some of the changes that we have made to the practice for both your safety and your
convenience:
keep you, our staff, and our doctors safe while still attending to the medical needs of each of the
children and young adults under our care.
Here are some of the changes that we have made to the practice for both your safety and your
convenience:
- Keeping the office clean
- Each exam room and all doctor supplies are cleaned thoroughly after each patient encounter.
- Waiting areas are cleaned regularly.
- Well visits and sick visits are separated. Only well visits allowed in Orinda. Sick patients are seen in the Berkeley office only after 1 pm (as winter starts, the sick time may start earlier).
- Contactless check-in option is available with online co-pays available through our website.
- Doctors and staff are all masked. Face shields are worn for close contact.
- Sneeze shields separate front desk staff from patients.
- Limiting the number of people in the office
- Appointment times are staggered to have fewer people in our office at one time.
- Families with children over 3 months old are asked to have only one parent or caregiver come with the patient.
- As soon as patients arrive, they are taken back to their rooms, removing the need to gather in the waiting room. Patients are not required to wait in your vehicle.
- Doctor schedules and staff schedules are staggered to limit groups of people gathering.
- When possible, doctors and soon, staff can work from home.
- Focusing on essential visits
- Well visits are limited to those requiring vaccinations, medication updates, and school forms; and those with ongoing or new medical problems who need to be seen.
- In person sick visits are available weekday afternoons and Saturdays in the Berkeley location.
- Virtual options for patients available
- Telemedicine visits, either by video or phone, are offered whenever possible.
- Appointment requests are available by patient portal.
- Contactless check-in option is available with online co-pays available through our website.
- Screening everyone who comes in
- Temperatures are taken on all patients, staff and doctors who come into the office.
- Families, staff and doctors are screened for COVID symptoms and exposure.
- Coming soon:
- Online scheduling for flu vaccine
- In office COVID testing for low-risk patients
