COVID-19 Protocol

What to do to keep yourself and others safe from COVID-19 ??

[According to WHO Standards]

  • Maintain at least one metre distance between yourself and others to reduce your risk of infection when they cough, sneeze or speak. Maintain an even greater distance between yourself and others when indoors. The further away, the better.
  • Make wearing a mask a normal part of being around other people. The appropriate use, storage and cleaning or disposals are essential to make masks as effective as possible.

Here are the basics of how to wear a mask:

  • Clean your hands before you put your mask on, as well as before and after you take it off, and after you touch it at any time.
  • Make sure it covers your nose, mouth and chin.
  • When you take off a mask, store it in a clean plastic bag, and every day either wash it if it’s a fabric mask, or dispose off a medical mask in a trash bin.
  • Don’t use masks with valves.

Don’t forget the basics of good hygiene

  • Regularly and thoroughly clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand rub or wash them with soap and water. This eliminates germs including viruses that may be on your hands.
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. Hands touch many surfaces and can pick up viruses. Once contaminated, hands can transfer the virus to your eyes, nose or mouth. From there, the virus can enter your body and infect you.
  • Cover your mouth and nose with your bent elbow or tissue when you cough or sneeze. Then dispose of the used tissue immediately into a closed bin and wash your hands. By following good ‘respiratory hygiene’, you protect the people around you from viruses, which cause colds, flu and COVID-19.
  • Clean and disinfect surfaces frequently especially those which are regularly touched, such as door handles, faucets and phone screens.

What to do if you feel unwell

  • Know the full range of symptoms of COVID-19. The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, dry cough, and tiredness. Other symptoms that are less common and may affect some patients that includes sore throat, loss of taste or smell, aches and pains, headache, nasal congestion, red eyes, diarrhea or a skin rash.
  • Stay home and self-isolate even if you have minor symptoms such as cough, headache, mild fever, until you recover. Call your health care provider or helpline for advice. Have someone bring you supplies. If you need to leave your house or have someone near you, wear a medical mask to avoid infecting others.
  • If you have a fever, cough and difficulty in breathing seek medical attention immediately. Call by telephone first, if you can and follow the directions of your local health authority.
  • Keep up to date on the latest information from trusted sources, such as WHO or your local and national health authorities. Local and national authorities and public health units are best placed to advise on what people in your area should be doing to protect themselves.

HERE AT SMILECITY……

Here at Smilecity we use world standard equipment’s and follow the WHO infection control protocols and Indian Dental association protocols to create an efficient and infection free atmosphere for our patients. When you enter the clinic premises, a brief travelling and contact histories will be taken followed by checking your temperature, pulse and oxygen saturation levels and hand sanitization.

During the procedures we use PPE Kits and a high volume Extra Oral Suction for minimizing the presence of aerosols in turn minimizing your chance of getting infected by any air borne disease or infection and also purify the air by using a HEPA Filter air purifier soon after the procedure. After every procedure the equipment’s (Dental Chairs and clinic surfaces) are cleaned with Schumacher Cleanisept Maxi Wipes and instruments are cleaned thoroughly in an antiseptic solution, rinsed in running water, cleaned using Ultrasonic Cleaner followed by packing and sterilization in a B Class Autoclave (W&H) in a visible area. By the end of the day all the clinical areas are fumigated with disinfectants.