Updated: October 27th, 2021
We are open! To prevent the spread, things will be a little different at BAC. Below, you will find new clinic procedures and policies.
In-Clinic Policies
1. In accordance to the CDC and local public health mask recommendations, you must wear a mask while at BAC, regardless of your vaccination status.
2. Frequently wash or disinfect your hands and avoid touching your face. We will have multiple bottles of hand sanitizer throughout the clinic.
3. Try to maintain social distancing of 6ft or more at all times. We have rearranged the treatment room to ensure that our recliners are more than 6 ft apart from one another.
4. We cannot see you if you have any COVID symptoms. We will not be able to treat you if: you have had a fever in the last 24 hours or have had any respiratory or flu symptoms in the last week.
5. Please assess your personal risk level when considering making an appointment. While we are doing everything we can to ensure your safety, it is important to be cautious during this time especially if you fit the CDC's at-risk criteria.
Important Things We Are Doing To Keep You Safe
1. Offering prepayment options as well as contactless payment.
2. Face masks are required in the clinic at all times.
3. Our recliners are more than 6ft apart from one another.
4. Only 12 people are allowed in the treatment room at a time.
5. Regular disinfection of frequently touched surfaces.
6. Running 3 UV HEPA filters in the treatment room during open hours.
7. Running an Air-Scrubber in our HVAC system to remove surface and airborne microbes.
8. The intake for our HVAC system is in our hallway, where no one congregates.
Clinic Procedures
Making and Paying for Appointments
1. You can make appointments online or by calling the clinic during open hours.
2. You can prepay for your treatment online, or pay at the clinic with cash, check, or credit card.
Checking-In
1. Put on your mask before entering the clinic. If you don't have a mask, take one from the organizer by the front door. Sanitize your hands once you enter the clinic.
2. Check-in and follow the receptionist's instructions.
3. If you need to use the restroom, feel free to use disinfecting wipes we provide to clean surfaces.
Treatment Room
1. The front desk will guide you to our treatment room where you can find a seat and get cozy. On your way in, feel free to grab cough drops, ear plugs, and/or a basket to bring with you to your chair to put your stuff in.
2. The treatment room will be set up with lazy-boy recliners and a handful of zero-gravity recliners all positioned 6ft+ apart from one another. We have one electric recliner available for anyone who wants assistance getting in and out of the recliner. We do not have a massage table in the treatment room.
A Note About The Chairs
-If you would like to use a lazy-boy style recliner, you can use the sheets we provide, or bring your own to cover ours up. We change our sheets at the end of each day.
-We disinfect the zero-gravity recliners after each use.
3. Bring anything with you to make your visit with us more comfortable - your own device and headphones for music/meditation/podcast, a fluffy blanket, pillows/bolsters, etc.
4. When your treatment is over, if you are in a lazy-boy style recliner do not fluff your sheet. Your acupuncturist will make sure the chair is tidy and ready for the next person.
5. If you are a new patient, click here for more info about your visit!
We know this is a lot of change.
We are living in unprecedented times. COVID-19 is changing the way many communities and businesses operate, all the while disproportionately impacting the most marginalized and vulnerable among us. BAC is committed to meeting this moment with flexibility, empathy, and compassion. Community acupuncture is such a valuable resource for collectively processing the trauma from this time - getting people back on track to improving their well-being.
We hope we can continue to be a source of recovery, adaptation, and growth for you and for our community. We hope that this time of weirdness and heightened isolation brings a renewed appreciation of the power of community and working together. We are here for each other, we continue to be here for each other, and we will be able to get through this together.
Thank you so much for your understanding and patience. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us.
With lots of love,
Boise Acupuncture Co-op acupunks, staff and volunteers
