Health and Safety

Health and safety continue to be a priority at Bilingual Interventions.

It is our responsibility, our goal, to do our part and our best at minimizing the spread of communicable illnesses for everyone associated with Bilingual Interventions. This means our clients, client families, our staff and our families. Illnesses can cause suffering and sometimes, financial hardship for everyone involved. In order to accomplish our goal, we continue to use a proactive approach by asking that our staff and our clients please notify our clinic if they and/or a household member is ill.  Appointments may be switched to teletherapy (if appropriate) or rescheduled.  (Please see current CDC
Guidelines below or at https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/p0301-respiratory-virus.html
for updates.

We ask that each client Sign-In with a completed Brief Health Questionnaire and everyone wash their hands before each therapy session.  We are also utilizing air purifiers throughout the clinic, and cleaning/disinfecting high touched areas including therapy rooms regularly. Although masks are not required, they are encouraged while inside the clinic, if an individual is at risk of spreading or contracting an illness.

We continue to follow the CDC Guidelines. CDC provides active recommendations on core prevention steps and strategies:
Staying up to date with vaccination to protect people against serious illness, hospitalization, and death. This includes flu, COVID-19, and RSV if eligible.

Practicing good hygiene by covering coughs and sneezes, washing or sanitizing hands often, and cleaning frequently touched surfaces.

Taking steps for cleaner air, such as bringing in more fresh outside air, purifying indoor air, or gathering outdoors.

When people get sick with a respiratory virus, the updated guidance recommends that they stay home and away from others. For people with COVID-19 and influenza, treatment is available and can lessen symptoms and lower the risk of severe illness. The recommendations suggest returning to normal activities when, for at least 24 hours, symptoms are improving overall, and if a fever was present, it has been gone without use of a fever-reducing medication. Once people resume normal activities, they are encouraged to take additional prevention strategies for the next 5 days to curb disease spread, such as taking more steps for cleaner air, enhancing hygiene practices, wearing a well-fitting mask, keeping a distance from others, and/or
getting tested for respiratory viruses. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our clinic at (505) 508-1830. Thank you.

Rev. 8/13/2024