COVID-19 Message 4-17-20

This week’s changes: Our Office Based Lab and Vein Center remain closed for elective procedures in following with the state and local guidelines. If you had an office visit this week in the Vein Center we will still see you but it will be upstairs in suite 300. Blount will be open Tuesday, Wednesday and…

Letter to Patients April 17 2020

To our patients, While it has been just three months since the first diagnosis of COVID-19 in the United States, life has dramatically changed for all of us. In these unprecedented times, we recognize this virus has affected every aspect of our society and each of you in many ways. Despite the necessary focus on the…

CDC Guidance How to Protect Yourself and Others

There is currently no vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed to this virus. The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person. Between people who are in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet). Through respiratory droplets produced when an infected…

CDC Guidance on Use of Cloth Face Coverings

CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies), especially in areas of significant community-based transmission. CDC also advises the use of simple cloth face coverings to slow the spread of the virus and help people who may have the virus…

COVID-19 Message 3-23-20

We are continuing to closely monitoring the status of COVID-19 in our area.  This week we have made a few operational decisions to help limit possible exposures so that we can take care of our patients throughout this pandemic.  We are closing our Pell City location as well as our Vein Center and Office Based…