 Hello everybody Andrea here with dental mobile hygiene. So a lot of patients asked me how my protocols might be a little bit different because I don't work in a dental office. I'm a mobile dental hygienist where I come directly into your own home. So how are my COVID protocols different. So it's actually even easier because I come into your own home. Meaning you don't have to do anything special per se because I'm coming into your own home so whatever you're going to be exposed to you have been already. It's more so for my protection so I will come in wearing a mask at all times. And I will be taking your temperature before we get started. I will be sending you a COVID pre screening form just to simply fill out so I know you don't have COVID you haven't had COVID recently that type of thing but you don't have to wait in your car before your appointment. You don't have to wait in the car while your child has their appointment you know so things are definitely different. When I come into your home you can be there for your child's appointment because I'm going to have you and your child fill out the COVID pre screening form. I'm not going to take everybody's temperature but that allows you to be there at the same time whereas if you go to a dental office there are protocols in place where you can not go in with your child. It's only one person at a time in that treatment room to keep everybody safe. So that can make things a little bit difficult I do understand that but I do come in with a mask on as I said but then I do ask that I can use your washroom so that I can change into my full PPE again that's for my protection but also for my patients that I'll be seeing that day as well. I typically see two households in a day sometimes more depending on how many family members I'm seeing in a household. And that's another nice thing too is I can see as many of your family members in the same household. You don't have to book another appointment. You don't have to travel I come to you for all of that which is nice. So I do ask that I use your washroom after I set everything up because I do change into my PPE. I will have on the same mask but I will put on a hair cap. I have my safety glasses depending on what procedure I'm doing I might have on a face shield and a nice gown as well so you'll see me all decked out in my full PPE. But another thing that I do do is I keep all of the instruments that I'm going to use for your house, the instruments materials anything in a closed container. And you can even see me set up so you're more than welcome to watch me set up in your living room, or wherever you have asked me to set up and you will see that everything's in closed container so you know I'm not just opening them anywhere. I'm just opening them in your household only so everything's clean, disinfected and then you can see me open them and I'm going to use them on you. Same as my instrument pouches so you will see that my instruments aren't just lying loose everywhere or in a plastic bag or something. I have a closed pouch that has come from my sterilizer so our sterilizers have to be tested every day every single load. They have to kill everything we have something called sport tests. I'm not going to bore you with the details but there's literally three tests pretty much that we have to do on every single load. So you know that those instruments are sterilized, and I only open that pouch in front of you. I know that those instruments are for you only and not somebody else which I would normally do, whether it be COVID or not but it just puts everybody's minds at ease. Plus, if I'm seeing your children or child for their dental appointment, I do still bring a toy box for the kids. So my toys per household when I go home, I have to actually quarantine those toys for 24 hours in my garage and then I pre clean them after that I disinfect them and then I pre clean them after that so the toys that I do have now are disinfectable so I have to be able to disinfect them so my toys can be a bit different but it's nice for the kids. I mean it's nice that they're able to still have toys, whereas if you go to a dental office the toys have been taken away. The reading material, the you know stuffed animals, everything's been taken away so the dental office looks as sterile as possible, which is good it's clean, but it can make people nervous so it's nice that I can come into your own home. And if you guys have noticed my pictures my stuffed animal I call him Rex. He is also disinfected and pre clean before I go into every household so I do pre clean him with soap and water. He is sprayed with disinfectant we don't use disinfecting wipes on him, but we use a disinfecting spray that needs to sit there for three minutes some summer one minute summer three minutes. But that kills everything but then I pre clean him again, because I don't want your kids touching disinfectant necessarily I'm sure it's fine but it just makes me feel better that I pre clean him afterwards with soap and water so he's as fully clean as possible. So he does still travel with me I do get that question a lot. Rex still comes with me because your kids are often excited to see him. Yes, he does. What else can I mention please let me know if you guys have any questions. When I come into your home, whether you're a new patient, or a patient that I've seen before I still explain all of the coven protocols to you well I'm setting up just so you're fully aware of everything. You have a chance to ask questions if you're nervous about something or if you're not sure. I feel completely safe coming into your own home. Everything's clean disinfected I'm fully protected with the mask and everything. So you should feel safe to because I feel safe but if you don't please let me know I am very happy to answer any questions. So I do have the full PPE that means that you will get the full service cleaning. Some dental offices are not polishing right now actually most dental offices are not polishing right now, simply to reduce aerosols, but I can because I'm coming into your home any aerosols I'm exposed to I would be exposed to anyway, so I can do the full polish that's another common question people have. So don't hesitate to message me comment with any questions, and I look forward to seeing you for your dental hygiene appointments.