COVID-19
The following guidelines have been provided to licensed Massage Therapists from the state of Ohio due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
These rules are being followed to ensure the highest level of safety for our staff and clients.
PLEASE NOTE
***Both the client and the Therapist must wear a face mask during the session.***
***The client must also wear a face mask from the time they enter, to the time they leave the facility***
All contact surfaces & high traffic areas are thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, before and after every service.
For contactless new client health history documentation please download and complete "Client Intake & Massage Therapy Agreement" forms, prior to your scheduled appointment.
You can print out these forms and bring them with you, or email them back to: atouchinghand@yahoo.com
If you are not able to do so, you will be asked to complete them in office.
The Treatment Room
» Declutter and remove items from the session room that might become dusty, or contaminated and require repeated cleaning and disinfecting (e.g., magazines, pamphlets, knickknacks, bookshelves, books, decorative tables, extra chairs, etc.).
» Make alcohol-based hand sanitizer easily accessible to clients entering the session room. » Both the client and the practitioner must wear a face mask during the session. The client must also wear a face mask from the time they enter to the time they leave the facility
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» Disinfect high-touch surfaces between clients with an EPA-registered disinfectant. High touch surfaces include door handles, counters, tabletops, light switches, massage lubricant bottles, or any surface the practitioner or client might touch before, during, and after sessions.
» Handle soiled linens properly as discussed.
» Cover the massage table or the warmer and padding on the massage table with a heavy-duty plastic sheet or table protector. Disinfect the plastic sheet over the massage table with an EPA-registered disinfectant between clients. If a plastic sheet is not used, clean the massage table with soap and water between clients and wipe it with a massage table specific disinfectant.
» Prepare the massage table with clean linens as discussed in the section titled Linen Management.
» Ventilate the session room between clients by opening doors and windows to circulate fresh air and by using HEPA air filtration systems when they are available.
» Clean floors at the end of the day by mopping hard floors with an EPA registered floor cleaner. Vacuum carpeted floors using a vacuum cleaner with a HEPA air filter if one is available. Wear a face mask and vacuum when there are no people in the space.
» Ventilate the session room at the end of the day by opening doors and windows to circulate fresh air and by using HEPA air filtration systems when they are available.