The Sanctuary at Sedona the Safest Place to Be During the COVID-19 Virus Epidemic.
The Sanctuary at Sedona’s COVID-19 Health and Safety Response Policy April 27, 2021
The Sanctuary at Sedona Inc.’s (“The Sanctuary”) Policy is based on our governing legal agency, Arizona Department of Health Services, rules, and recommendations re COVID 19, as well as from our Clinical Director and Medical Director.
As new information becomes available re safety measures to be taken, we are absolutely committed to the health and well-being of our staff, clients, and community and will respond by updating this policy as needed.
The Sanctuary’s health and safety protocol in response to the COVID-19 include the following:
The Sanctuary’s health and safety protocol in response to the COVID-19 include the following:
- Upon arrival, all new clients will undergo screening for COVID-19. All new clients must be cleared before being officially admitted into our program and facility.
- All new admissions have an agreed health and safety discharge plan in place in the event they should develop common symptoms of COVID-19*.
- Our staff is monitoring clients throughout the day. Any client who presents with COVID-19 symptoms* will be immediately quarantined and tested on the property for COVID-19, as instructed by our Medical Director. If the client’s on-site test is positive, per the discretion of our Medical Director, they will be taken to a local designated COVID-10 testing site for a follow-up COVID-19 test and be quarantined until their test results are provided. When a client tests positive, they will either be quarantined until fever and symptoms are gone, per the AZ Dept of Health Services Guidelines for Residential Healthcare or be discharged as agreed upon and specified in their health and safety discharge plan.
- Extra sanitation and cleaning measures have been implemented throughout the facility.
- Immune-boosting protocols are being added for all residents to strengthen their immune systems at this time. The protocols were designed by our Functional Medicine doctor and include an anti-inflammatory diet, immune building supplement protocols, and mitochondrial upregulation protocols. (These treatments are not intended to treat COVID-19, rather they are designed to strengthen the immune system.)
- Visitors on campus will be required to sign a waiver and release form that includes
COVID-19 screening questions verifying their health to be on the property.
- We are unable to social distance in consideration of the necessities of the therapy sessions and the other essential services offered, however, we have face masks available for clients and staff as requested.
Potential Clients who have tested positive for COVID 19 (PCR or serology) OR who have had COVID 19 symptoms*, will not be admitted unless they meet the following Arizona Department of Health Service’s criteria:
1. Stayed home away from others or under isolation precautions until they have no fever for at least 3 days (72 hours) without the use of medicine that reduces fevers; AND
2. Other symptoms have improved; AND
3. At least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared.
- Potential Clients who have had close contact with a person known to have COVID 19 will not be admitted unless they either:
- Stayed home away from others or under isolation precautions for 3 days after contact with a person known to have COVID 19 and then tested negative for COVID 19 (PCR or serology); OR
- Stayed home away from others or under isolation precautions and experienced no symptoms for 14 days.
- Potential Clients who are Healthcare Providers working with and/or are exposed to COVID 19 must have tested negative for COVID 19 (PCR or serology), after having stayed home away from others or under isolation precautions for 3 days, while no longer working at their place of employment.
*Common symptoms of COVID-19 include, but may not be limited to, the following; fever, cough, difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, and new loss of taste or smell.
Sincerely,
Dean Taraborelli
Founder, Administrator, Counselor
