Infection Control Protocol

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The following is the Infection Control Protocol for Munchkin Therapies. Your child's safety as well as the safety of the staff treating your child is of utmost importance. This plan is based on the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/ and California Department of Occupational Health (Cal-OSHA) https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/ recommendations and requirements. Staff will be trained in CDC and Cal-OSHA requirements as well as screening verification and reporting positive exposure to appropriate health agency.

 
Therapy assessment and services may include a variety of options such as telehealth (online) therapy or in person (home-based and clinic-based) therapy.

Clinic Based Health/Exposure Screenings:

Staff will complete self-health/exposure screenings each day prior to reporting for work. If they have a temperature of 100.4 or more without the use of medication, they will be required to stay home until they do not have a temperature for a 24-hour period.

Clients being assessed or attending therapy sessions will complete health/exposure screenings prior to their appointment (Therapist will check for temperature at the time of appointment). If client and family member are negative to Covid-19 questions and temperature screening, therapy appointment may continue.

Screenings consist of:

• assessment of temperature (temperature over 100.4 without medication, is considered a      fever according to the CDC)
• Questions regarding any recent (within 14 days) exposure to someone with any   respiratory infection such as a cold, Covid-19, flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) or other upper respiratory infections, any symptoms of such as cough, chills, loss of taste or smell, difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, fatigue, headache, body aches, sore throat, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, nasal congestion, or runny nose.

Screening results:

If staff reports a fever of 100.4 or above (without medication) or appears sick or has a positive exposure reported during screening, they will immediately be sent home. 

If client or family member reports a fever of 100.4 or above (without medication) or appears sick or has a positive exposure reported during screening, they will immediately be sent home.

Sanitizing Procedures:

All items used for assessments and/or therapy treatments will be sanitized (using a CDC approved sanitizer) before and after each therapy session. If unable to sanitize directly after session, items will be placed in separate area to isolate from accidental usage until able to sanitize appropriately.

Therapists will wash their hands upon arrival to clinic and before/after each assessment and/or therapy session.

Client and family member will wash their hands prior to therapy session. Hand sanitizer will be available if unable to wash.

Common surfaces used during assessments and therapy treatment will be wiped down before and after therapy sessions. 

Staff will sanitize individual work areas (i.e., desk, phone, computer area) at the beginning and the end of the workday.

 
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE):

Personal protective equipment as per CDC and Cal OSHA guidelines will be available for use by therapists or by clients as needed. 

Home Based Health/Exposure Screenings:

• Family member of client will be asked to contact therapist prior to their schedule therapy session if 
  • the client has a temperature (as defined above) or 
  • has been exposed recently (within 14 days) to someone with any respiratory       infection such as a cold, Covid-19, flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) or other upper respiratory infections, any symptoms of such as cough, chills, loss of taste or smell, difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, fatigue, headache, body aches, sore throat, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, nasal congestion, or runny nose. 
• Therapy session will be scheduled within that same month if possible, depending on      therapist’s availability.

Sanitizing Procedures:

All items used for assessments and/or therapy treatments will be sanitized (using a CDC approved sanitizer) before and after each therapy session. If unable to sanitize directly after session, items will be placed in separate area to isolate from accidental usage until able to sanitize appropriately.

Therapists will wash or sanitize their hands upon arrival to client’s home and after each assessment and/or therapy session.

Client and family member will be asked to wash their hands prior to therapy session. Hand sanitizer will be available if unable to wash.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE):

Personal protective equipment as per CDC and Cal OSHA guidelines will be available for use by therapists as needed.

Response to affirmed case or exposure to Covid-19:

• Munchkin Therapies will alert and give appropriate information to Department of Public Health when exposure or confirmed Covid-19 cases has occurred when attributed to Munchkin Therapies.
• Cal OSHA will be informed of exposure and given required information.
• Contract tracing will be activated to alert appropriate persons of possible exposure.