{"id":3203,"date":"2020-05-21T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/?page_id=3203"},"modified":"2022-04-21T14:35:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T18:35:18","slug":"covid-19-precautions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/ptinfo\/covid-19-precautions\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Precautions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>How we are keeping you safe from COVID-19?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>**Special Notice &#8211;\u00a0 Steroid Injections and the COVID Vaccine**<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Appointments for steroid injections will need to be coordinated around your scheduled Covid vaccine.\u00a0 Appointments in orthopaedics for steroid injections will be scheduled outside of a three-week window of the Covid vaccine.\u00a0 This three-week window during which time we will not schedule you for a steroid injection, is two weeks prior to, and one week following your Covid vaccine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Before Your Visit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before you come for your visit, we are preparing to keep you safe by doing the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You will be interviewed during the appointment process to assess your risk of exposure to COVID-19 and will be offered resources and support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>At Our Clinic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are taking the following precautions to ensure your safety when you come to our clinic:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Providing surgical masks to you to protect you and our staff from transmission. <strong>(Note: We cannot see any patient in our clinics if they are not wearing a mask)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Our staff always wear masks to keep both them and you safe.<\/li>\n<li>Any COVID-positive patients who need urgent care are seen after hours in a separate clinic space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Virtual Visits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We also continue to offer virtual visits to our patients. This is a safe and easy way to connect with your provider to access care without leaving your home. A few things to know about virtual care include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It\u2019s private and secure<\/li>\n<li>Patients can use computers or smartphones<\/li>\n<li>The visit is conducted in the comfort of your home<\/li>\n<li>Visits are billed like an in-office visit, co-pays or deductibles apply.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If you are currently a UNC Orthopaedic patient, you can continue to reach us through My UNC Chart. You may also reach out to us at (984) 974-5700. If you have an emergent issue, please call 911.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>COVID-19 Vaccine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more resources how to get a COVID-19 vaccine, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/vaccine.unchealthcare.org\/\">https:\/\/vaccine.unchealthcare.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How we are keeping you safe from COVID-19? **Special Notice &#8211;\u00a0 Steroid Injections and the COVID Vaccine** Appointments for steroid injections will need to be coordinated around your scheduled Covid vaccine.\u00a0 Appointments in orthopaedics for steroid injections will be scheduled outside of a three-week window of the Covid vaccine.\u00a0 This three-week window during which time &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/ptinfo\/covid-19-precautions\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about COVID-19 Precautions\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39855,"featured_media":0,"parent":208,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3203","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>COVID-19 Precautions | Department of Orthopaedics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/ptinfo\/covid-19-precautions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COVID-19 Precautions | Department of Orthopaedics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How we are keeping you safe from COVID-19? 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