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Important information for your visit to an Island Health outpatient lab specimen collection site
We understand you may have some questions or concerns about returning to one of our outpatient laboratories during COVID-19.
Ensuring the health and safety of our patients and staff is our top priority and we are committed to providing a safe environment for everyone.
To help you prepare and to ensure you have the best experience possible, please review the information below and遵循您在访问岛屿健康门诊实验室之前，期间和之后的步骤。beplay全站App
Wearing a mask within our facilities
In accordance with卫生部policy，所有人必须佩戴面具，包括医疗保健设施，包括医院，保健中心，医生办公室和门诊诊所。beplay全站App岛屿健康也在我们的设施内采取了措施，以降低具有物理障碍的传播风险，并鼓励那些尊重个人空间的迹象。请帮助防止Covid-19的传播通过佩戴面膜或在访问岛屿保健机构时覆盖。beplay全站App
Safety is our top priority
我们如何让您安全:
• We are screening everyone who comes in for laboratory testing.
• Before entering the waiting area, all visitors will be asked to answer a series of questions related to COVID-19.
• We will be limiting the number of people in the waiting room to ensure respectful personal space.
• Patients who are assessed as having no symptoms or risk of illness will be able to enter the waiting area, when there is space.
If there is a possibility of COVID-19 infection, our staff will:
- Immediately provide the patient with a mask
- Ask them to sit in a waiting area away from other patients
- Serve the patient as quickly as possible
Before, during and after your visit to the laboratory
Before coming to the hospital, plan ahead:
• If you have a pre-booked Glucose Tolerance appointment, try to arrive as close to your designated time as possible. This will help avoid crowded waiting areas.
• Be prepared to wait outside or in your car if the waiting area is at capacity.
• If required, a support person can be brought with you to the laboratory, but this is limited it to one other person.
While you are visiting the laboratory (includes COVID-19 guidelines)
一旦在实验室，有简单有效的方法可以帮助阻止细菌的传播。
•Lab requiresmedical-grade face masks to be worn during your visit, these will be provided to you when you arrive.
•Please note hand hygiene cannot be performed while wearing gloves. You will be required to remove your gloves and practice hand hygiene on entrance to the lab.
•在入口处可能有员工致以致意您的询问进一步的问题，并确保只有一个额外的人与您同行。
•在繁忙时期，您可能会在适用的地方等待您的汽车。
• Remember to maintain two meters away from others when there are no physical barriers in place. You will see that chairs have been spaced accordingly to allow for this in the waiting areas.
• It is recommended that you do not bring food, beverages or reading materials with you.
After your laboratory work
• When your visit is over and you have been told that you are free to go, please leave the site immediately.
• Sanitize your hands on your way out of the laboratory and wash them again when you get home.
了解更多信息
• TheBCCDC websiteis the best source of information on COVID-19 for the most up-to-date information on a variety of topics.
• For non-health related information and resources visit theBC Government COVID-19 webpage.
• To learn more about our laboratory hours and appointments system, see ourlaboratory locations page.