The physicians and staff at Vernon and Waldrep OBGYN want to inform our patients that we are open to normal business. In compliance with local and state regulations we are adopting the state standards as presented by the Texas Board of Medicine. The physicians want to ensure the safety and protect the health of the patients and their babies. Because you are the most important asset to our practice, we required that all patients, spouses (guest), physicians and staff wear mask at all times during clinic hours.
Notice and Compliance Requirements Concerning COVID-19 Minimum Standards of Safe Practice
(i) All physicians providing patient care or engaging in an in-person patient encounter, must implement the following minimum COVID-19 standards of safe practice.
(I) a mask must be worn by both the patient and physician or the physician’s delegate when in proximity of the patient (meaning less than a 6-foot distance between the patient and the physician or the physician’s delegate);
(II) follow policies the physician, medical and healthcare practice, or facility has in place regarding COVID-19 screening and testing and/or screening patients;
(III) that, before any encounter, patients must be screened for potential symptoms of COVID-19 or verified previously screened within last 20 days; and
(IV) that prior to care involving a medical procedure or surgery on the mucous membranes, including the respiratory tract, with a high risk of aerosol transmission, the minimum safety equipment used by a physician or physician’s delegate should include N95 masks, or an equivalent protection from aerosolized particles, and face shields.
