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NOVEMBER 2020 • WESTMAN BUSINESS • THE BRANDON SUN 3

The Skin & Vein Centre in Brandon is taking several measures to keep patients and staff safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, including installing a plexiglass shield at
their front desk.
Skin & Vein Centre is ready to provide safe treatments

At the Skin & Vein Centre, nothing is Both staff and customers have their
more important than the health and temperatures taken before they’re al-
wellbeing of its customers. lowed in the building and staff are tested
That’s why the centre, located at 1300 again at lunchtime as a precaution. Ev-
18th St., has put hard work into making eryone coming in the building is asked to
sure its procedures are safe and sanitary wash their hands before working or be-
during the COVID-19 pandemic. ing treated.
Dr. Barb Kelleher said that once the Patients must have their nose and face
pandemic started, the centre closed for covered unless that part of the body is
nearly seven weeks and came back with being worked on. This is a strict rule —
a full protocol for how to keep providing if someone says they’re not comfortable
service safely. with masking up, they’re asked to come
She said the closure was nerve-wrack- back when they are.
ing at first but then she started to think Equipment and rooms are sanitized
about what service would be like once between patients and the floor is sani-
they reopened. tized twice a day, at lunch and at the end
The centre consulted with medical of the day.
professionals in other disciplines, their Because staff have been carrying out
colleagues at other cosmetic practices these procedures since May, everyone
and physicians to get an idea of what safe knows what they’re doing and have just
service during the pandemic would look incorporated extra health measures into
like. their daily routine. Dr. Barb Kelleher of the Skin & Vein Centre performs an injection on a masked
“A bunch of esthetics physicians, most- For laser procedures, staff wear patient.
ly in Europe but a couple in the Ameri- gowns, gloves, masks, laser goggles
cas, got together and wrote a really long and a full face clear mask while do- rooms and promote physical distancing. is still meeting the more stringent stan-
consensus document on how you would ing the procedure. When doing non All staff have started wearing scrubs dards because they want to make sure
want to do things,” said Kelleher. “That’s laser procedures, goggles, mask and at the office and change into regular everyone is safe.
how we came up with most of what we gloves are worn. Kelleher wears eye clothes before leaving to make sure Whether you’re coming in for a cool
wanted to do.” protection when treating customers. they’re not bringing anything home to sculpting session, a Botox injection or
Some of the health precautions they’re When she’s done treating a patient, she their families. for one of the many laser treatments the
taking involve requiring patients to wear makes sure they have a clear path to the “It’s a little bit of a nuisance, but it’s clinic offers, you can be sure that the
masks while inside, only letting people exit where they won’t run into other pa- the safest thing to do,” Kelleher said. Skin & Vein Centre takes your health se-
inside the building when it’s time for tients. Even though the region has had the riously.
their appointment and asking screening Several machines have been moved to code orange health restrictions re-
questions before patients are treated. common areas to reduce traffic to some moved, the team at Skin & Vein Clinic » The Brandon Sun