INFORMATION REGARDING ILLNESS & YOUR APPOINTMENT
attending your appointment
Please call the clinic for further instructions before attending your appointment if any of the following apply to you or your child.
- Contact the clinic if the patient or attending caregiver has:
- New onset symptoms (cough, sore throat, runny nose, fever, vomiting, diarrhea) within the last 2-3 days
- Any fever in previous 48 hours
- Ok to attend the appointment if patient has:
- 4 days since onset of symptoms and stable or improving
- No fever in the last 48 hours
- Sick parent or sibling who will NOT be attending appointment)
- Having a sick family members is not a reason to not attend, but sick family members should not come to the appointment
- If there is a sick parent or sibling:
- Sick parent or sibling should not attend clinic with the patient
- If the sick parent or sibling absolutely needs to attend and it has been more than 2-3 days since symptom onset and no fever in last 48 hours it is ok for the sick parent or sibling to attend