Elizabeth Ryan, LMT Outdoor Housecall Hygiene/Sanitation Protocols
Before leaving my vehicle, I perform hand hygiene with hand sanitizer formulated with 80% alcohol and put on safety glasses and a single-use procedure mask over an N95 respirator. I wear the mask and respirator until I return to my home. When I get out of my car, I put on a long-sleeved smock.
Per your preference, I text or call you to ask screening questions and to have you come outside/bring your baby or your pet/service animal outside. Because the massage therapy I offer is a health care service, I require that anyone over the age of 2 who is present at an appointment wear a mask. I am happy to provide clean single-use procedure masks, but encourage clients to source and wear well-fitted respirators (KF94, KN95, N95, P-100).
As has always been my policy, if I arrive at your home and find that you, your baby, or anyone in your household are ill, I must cancel/reschedule the appointment. If I am ill, I must cancel/reschedule the appointment. Additional screening questions include: Have you or anyone in your household had a new or worsening cough, a rash, a fever, loss of taste or smell, shortness of breath, diarrhea, nausea/vomiting, sore throat, or any other symptoms of illness? Have you or anyone in your household been exposed to anyone with symptoms of illness or anyone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the past 10 days?
Following the intake process, I perform hand hygiene with hand sanitizer and put on single-use nitrile gloves. This happens before I touch you, your baby, or your pet/service animal. Please be aware that some dogs may have a difficult time adjusting to an unfamiliar person wearing a face mask, and that I reserve the right to end the session with no charge if I am unable to safely work with your pet or service animal, or to reschedule to a virtual appointment if you prefer.
If your or your baby’s session includes intra-oral work, I remove my initial pair of gloves, put on a face shield, sanitize my hands, and apply a clean pair of gloves, which will be disposed of and replaced at the conclusion of the intra-oral portion of the session.
At the conclusion of a session, I remove and dispose of my gloves in a plastic bag, and remove my outer garment layer (long-sleeved smock, scrub pants). The garments and any other used linens go in a launderable linen bag to be transported in a sealed plastic bin in my vehicle. I then perform hand hygiene with hand sanitizer.
Immediately upon arriving at my home, used linens/garments and the laundry bag go directly into the washing machine to begin the laundering/sanitizing process. I also sanitize the N95, safety glasses, bags containing my work equipment and supplies, interior surfaces of my vehicle, any teaching aids used, and the linens bin.
I reserve the right to cancel an appointment and immediately notify you in the event of city, county, or state business closure/shelter-in-place orders due to COVID-19. I also reserve the right to cancel an appointment in the absence of these orders if local diagnostic criteria and other indicators (such as wastewater monitoring) point to a high risk situation.