An Update from OHS on COVID-19

We at Oncology & Hematology Specialists understand how difficult and stressful this past month has been with COVID-19. We want you to know that we are striving to make sure that we keep our patients as safe as possible as we continue to treat you medically. We are taking all of the precautions and necessary steps that have been designated by the CDC to ensure the safety of everyone in our facility. Below is a list of what we are doing to protect you as our patients as well as ourselves as your medical team:

• Telemedicine. We have introduced telemedicine into our facility which will allow us to "visit" our patients virtually in the comfort of their own homes. If you have a phone, tablet, or computer with a camera, we will be able to continue seeing you virtually. It is not difficult and we have had a great response from the patients who have experienced telemedicine. Please call with questions  concerning how to set up a telemedicine appointment.
• Curbside Labs. In order to lessen the amount of people that enter our facility we have set up a tent outside our Mountain Lakes location that allows patients to get their blood drawn for labs without  having to enter the building. We will do this by appointment only between 8AM - 11AM. Once you arrive you will be called up to the tent. Only ONE patient will be allowed to enter at a time. Once your blood has been drawn you will be able to go home. If you have a scheduled telemedicine appointment, your results will be complete and ready to go before your appointment either in the afternoon or the following day.
• No Visitors at All: We are not allowing ANY visitors into the building at this time. Only patients that have been given direct permission by their physician either for their treatments in the infusion center or to pick up medications will be allowed into the building. We apologize for the inconvenience of this but our patients safety is our first concern. We hope when this pandemic has subsided that we will begin to allow visitors back into the building. Until then we ask that you understand the strict measures we are taking.
• Entering the Building: For those patients who are entering the building please be aware, you will have your temperature taken and have a medical screening. Once you have been screened and deemed "not a risk" you will be given sanitizing hand gel and allowed to enter the building.
• Social Distancing: For those patients who are entering the building you will be expected to social distance yourself from other patients in the waiting room. Please be sure to keep yourself 6 ft away from each other. For patients in the infusion room, we will only be scheduling enough patients to allow for social distancing. No patient will be sitting closer than 6 feet from another patient.
• Our Staff's Precautions: All of our staff will have appropriate PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). All of our nurses who have one on one patient interaction will be, masked, gloved, and gowned (when necessary). All administrative staff that has limited/no exposure to patients will be wearing masks and gloves.
• Deep Cleaning the Facility: Our staff has strict instructions to be continuously wiping down surfaces at the beginning, during, and at the end of the day. We also have a professional service that comes in to deep clean our facility once a week in order to keep our patients in as sterile an environment as possible.
• It Will Be OK. We know this is a scary time for everyone, but we want you to know that we are here for our patients. And together...we will get through this.
• Social Media . OHS will be coming out with an Official Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter accounts soon. Keep your eyes open! We want to stay as in touch with our patients as much as possible.