YOUR SAFETY IS OUR PRIORITY

Clinic Safety Protocols

• Everyone is REQUIRED to wear a mask upon arrival to one of our outpatient clinics and at all times during a visit.  Parents and patients over 5 years of age must wear a non-valved mask over their nose and mouth for the duration of the visit.  If you arrive to clinic not wearing an appropriate mask, we will provide a surgical or cloth mask.
• Update: Beginning May 3rd, we will be allowing 2 caregivers to accompany a child to an appointment at an outpatient clinic. This can include 2 parents/guardians OR 1 parent/guardian and a healthcare professional.  At this time, no other family members or individuals may attend the appointment.
• Patient/Family should arrive close to their scheduled appointment time.  Do not arrive any earlier than 15 minutes beforehand, as this helps with social distancing in our clinics.

Scheduling

• At the time of scheduling, we are asking that patients come to a clinic with no more than TWO caregivers. Additional family members may be asked to wait in their cars.

Clinic Procedures

• Upon arrival at our clinics the caregiver will be asked a screening questionnaire (for caregiver and patient).
• Beginning, Monday May 24, routine temperature checking will no longer be taken upon arrival to an outpatient clinic, unless it is deemed appropriate clinically. A patient or parent/guardian who has a temperature of 100 degrees or higher will likely have to reschedule.
• We are requiring EVERYONE to wear a mask at all times during a visit at one of our clinics.
• To ensure social distancing in the waiting room, we may ask families to wait in their car until they are called inside by a Sibley staff member for their appointment.
• Exam tables are wiped down after each encounter.

Sibley Staff

• All Sibley staff are wearing masks and have the option to wear goggles.
• Each day we are screening our staff for symptoms.
• If a patient or caregiver is deemed to be at risk for a COVID -19 infection, the physician will be notified and may reschedule the appointment at his/her discretion.

COVID-19 VACCINE QUESTIONS

We are aware that there have been questions regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and our patients. The vaccine has not been tested in children, so we have no data on it.  Some testing has been done in patients >12 years.  We cannot give any recommendations yet as it is not approved for use in the pediatric population. We encourage all patients to receive a flu shot this year, and if, and when they are eligible, a COVID shot.