ABS is adhering to the following safety practices, as recommended by the CDC

• Limiting the number of staff and patients in the clinic at one time.
• Practicing social distancing of a minimum of 6 feet at all times in the treatment environment.
• Expansion of waiting area space and directed seating of patients such that patients will be properly socially distanced.
• Universal masking of all staff and clients present in the office.
• Recommending frequent hand washing and carrying out frequent sanitation of surfaces by all staff and increased sanitation activities by housekeeping.
• Keeping an adequate stock of supplies for cleaning, disinfecting and face coverings.

Current CDC health screenings and information

• All new clients will be advised that before their first visit they will be required to obtain a negative COVID-19 test result
• All staff and patients entering the building will be screened at the entrance by having a temperature taken and symptom questions asked. Anyone with a temperature of 100° or above, or who screened positive on health questions will not be permitted to enter. Recommendations to pursue a COVID-19 test will be made
• Staff and patients are continuously educated about the symptoms of COVID-19, are taught to self-monitor and are informed should they experience any that they should not be coming to the office.
• Encouraging the use of, and transitioning as much as possible to regular use of tele-psych services is appropriate for each patient, individually considered. Assist patients in setting up tele-psych on their electronic devices and educate for use. (For quality control, we generally require that therapists perform tele-psych services from our offices, but they encounter very little contact with others in doing so.)
• On-site psychotherapy services that performed will follow all of the precautionary guidelines.

COVID-19 infected staff and clients

• Any staff or client reporting symptoms will be immediately separated and sent home with quarantine instructions. Properly disinfect area that the sick individual utilized.
• If a staff or client tests positive for COVID-19, inform all those who've come into close contact with that person and instruct to stay home and self-monitor for symptoms.
• Follow all CDC guidelines on various time periods for self-quarantining as well as time periods for staffs’ return to work or clients’ return to in person treatment after symptom free and recovered.
• ABS staff who test positive can perform tele-psych services from home provided they are well enough to carry these out and may return after the proper symptom free period and quarantine.