 Hello everybody, Andrew Meiske here with Dental Out. So let's talk about reopening. So I can say this is specific now to Ontario. So depending on where you live, you might not have had to go ahead yet to be open. I'm going to be talking to you guys a little bit about Ontario. This is going to be a quick video and then I'm kind of going to do a part two where I will be going through the full recommendations and the guidelines by the CDHO specifically after they do a webinar this afternoon. Okay, so they haven't kind of gone through everything yet, although we do have paperwork and things like that to go through, but they will actually be coming online to talk to us. So I will be doing a part two later on today. But this is just the overall going back to work in Ontario. I'm going to be talking about mobile hygienists, but also independent dental hygiene practices. So this is not the video for you if you work for a dentist because they kind of have their own rules. A lot of them aren't opening up right away anyway because they need to have enough PPE for the entire staff. Okay, so there's other reasons why air filtration systems, they might have to create like plexiglass around certain spots for social distancing to keep the aerosols in like one area. So that's a whole nother can work. So this is specific to independent dental hygienists who work for themselves and mobile practices. So I am a mobile dental hygienist, but I do have my own practice in my own home. One room, one operatory. That's it. Okay, but for mobile. So yes, I am going back to work you guys as a Monday we are allowed. I'm extremely excited. I'm excited as well because I think that patients actually I know patients feel a lot more comfortable having me come to them. So this is great. I can't wait to be able to treat patients again. I have been overloaded just as of yesterday with messages, phone calls, emails, the works people want to get in right away. They've been waiting to have their teeth cleaned, but also a lot of dental offices weren't even seeing them if they suspected they had a cavity or they were having pain or sensitivity. If you've ever had a sensitive tooth because of perhaps any enamel dental recession, it can be extremely painful, but you can't really do too much about it unless you apply a desensitizer, but that's not considered or hasn't been an emergency service. So I'm very glad to be able to be offering these services to patients again. So you might be wondering, what am I doing to prepare. So this is part one, you guys, not part two. I'm going to try to keep the video short, but just in a nutshell. So I'm telling patients that when I come to their home, I am going to be asking them to fill out a COVID like acknowledgement, patient acknowledgement, I guess, screening beforehand. It just basically ask them questions of, have you been sick? Have you traveled? Do you have symptoms? You do understand that we can't maintain social distancing when I'm working on you? Things like that. They will be taking their temperature before I see them. I will be taking their temperature again when I see them at the time of their appointment. If they have a high temperature, I will not see them. If they don't fill out that paperwork, which I don't see why not, I will not see them. But that's kind of what I'm doing so far. I will be wearing something when I get there, but then when I get to their house, I'm going to change into my full uniform with PPE. The entire time, though, I'm going to be wearing a mask. So even as soon as I get out of my car, I'm going to be putting a mask on and that's how they will be seeing me. But after I change in their home somewhere, I am going to have on that mask. I'm going to have on a shield. I'm going to be having on a hair cap. A full, you know, all of that. So I'm going to be having all of that before I leave their house after their treatment. I am going to change out of all of that, except for my mask. I'm still going to have my mask on. I'm going to go outside, get in my car and then, you know, take my mask off and then, of course, use a new mask for the next house, you know, things like that. The nice thing about going to people's homes is, you know, if I, when I work in my practice here, so my one chair here, we can only see a patient once every three hours. So me going to their houses. I think technically see as many people as I want. It doesn't have to be three hours, but it's about two hours anyway, because when you go to somebody's house. It's about an hour, probably a little bit more for a new patient, but then you have to clean everything up and you have to set everything up. So that takes time, right. So overall, it's about two hours per person. Think of the 20 minute cleanup time and 20 minute setup time. That kind of thing, right, but things will take longer now because of all of the extra precautions. But that's kind of the main one that I'm doing for mobile. I'm doing the screening before I see them. I'll be taking their temperature, but also for myself. I'm going to take my temperature every single day so that they feel comfortable knowing as well that I'm doing my part. And I'm being fully transparent of how I'm doing things going to people's homes. You know how I'm changing out of a new uniform every single household. And, you know, I'll be wearing a mask the whole time. So that's the main difference I would say is that they probably won't ever see my full face like I'm going to be wearing a mask. When I start treatment. I'm going to be wearing the whole shield everything I'm going to be eliminating aerosols as much as possible because that's that protects me mainly Because yes, it's their own home. So even if there is aerosols happening. Well, if they're sick, they're all sick, right, but that protects me. So if there's no extra aerosols If they're sick and not showing symptoms don't have a fever then I'm not going to get sick either. So that's just kind of what I'm doing as well. What else you guys what else can I say if you guys have any questions, please feel free to comment. Below because I'm sure I'm forgetting something but I'm very excited you guys to get back to work. Yes, I am doing mobile and my own practice in my house, but I will only be seeing a patient every three hours. If I'm seeing somebody here, but I, I am probably going to be doing mobile only for the first little bit just because how I see it is if a patient for some reason comes in and they're not showing symptoms, but they are sick and then they find out later on that they are sick. All of that sickness if I can say is in my home, my office. I don't necessarily want that. I mean, who does, but I use my office for other things such as YouTube videos such as things like that, right. So it's going to be mobile for the first little bit, but I am very happy to be offering that. So you guys. Yay. I'm sure a lot of you were waiting for my announcement that in Ontario we can't go back to work. But there will be a part two of this video because you do need proper PPE. If you can't find it. If you don't have it, you cannot go back to work. If you don't feel comfortable going back to work. Do not go back to work. There will be a part to you guys. Please stay tuned. It's going to be a longer one where I'm going to share links to all of the article or sorry, the Recommendations, the guidelines, all of that. And I'm going to be going through them with you. So let's have some fun. In fact, I may even come on live. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow because I'm actually teaching a couple classes tonight so I can't come online tonight, but I'll see what we do at the very least you guys. It's going to be recorded anyway. So thank you guys so much for listening. Let me know if any questions. I'm super excited and I'll see you guys very soon.