Our mission is to provide customized care for each patient, utilizing the latest advances in medicine and technology to achieve substantial quality of life in a professional and compassionate manner
Here are somethings you can do:
* Don’t ignore your kidneys during this time of COVID19 concern.
* Kidney disease does put you at a higher risk for complications from COVID.
* Stay at home as much as possible.
* Stay 6 feet away from anyone out in public.
* Frequent hand washing, 20 seconds, soap and water.
* If you are not swollen or short of breath make sure you are drinking plenty of water.
* Avoid any medications that can be harmful to your kidneys, including NSAIDs.
Here is some of what we are doing:
* We offer TeleVisits (Virtual video visits using your computer, tablet or smartphone) to our existing office patients.
* We are offering TeleVisits to our ESRD patients for their in-center visits.
* We are also doing lab draws here in the office (at specific times and by appointment only to, again, reduce the amount of people in the office at any one time).
* In addition to normal sanitary procedures we are taking extra precautions to clean surfaces frequently.
* We are scheduling patients with enough space in between appointments to make sure our waiting room is as empty as possible.
* We follow social distancing at our office – we have signs posted to help remind everyone to keep a healthy (at least 6 feet) distance.
* We are also making sure that no one with existing or recent symptoms, such as cough, fever, shortness of breath comes in to our office – those appointments are being rescheduled or done as TeleVisits. We call before every appointment to make sure this is done.
* We are following CDC and CMS guidelines closely.
At Georgia Renal, we are committed to your health and safety during these difficult and stressful times. Our goal is for you to stay home as much as possible. There are times when you may have to get out, for things like lab work and possibly office visits. We are working to make our office as safe and clean as possible. We want to do everything we can to get your health needs taken care of outside of the hospital to help prevent overwhelming the hospital system and reduce your risk of exposure.
We are closely monitoring local, state and federal communications regarding COVID-19. For the latest updates, please visit Georgia Department of Public Health and CDC websites listed below. They have the most uptodate, accurate and reliable information about COVID-19.
https://dph.georgia.gov/novelcoronavirus or https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html.
