Coronavirus (COVID-19)

While screenings are no longer taking place at our building entrances, COVID-19 and other viruses are still active within the community. Our goal is to protect Scripps’ patients, staff and visitors by limiting the risk of virus introduction and spread within the health care environment.

Rest assured that our clinics and hospitals are safe places to receive medical care for everything from preventative health visits at our outpatient clinics to heart care and cancer treatments at our specialty clinics to immediate medical issues at our urgent care facilities and emergency rooms.

To protect everyone who enters our facilities, we also have put in place safeguards to protect team members and patients. Enhanced infection prevention and safety measures include:

• Isolating patients with coronavirus 
• Requiring all physicians, staff members, patients and visitors to wear medical grade masks face coverings in hospital patient rooms and outpatient exam rooms
• Rigorous cleaning and disinfecting protocols for all facilities and equipment
• Routine testing for patients without respiratory symptoms for outpatient procedures will no longer be required. However, certain procedures can carry a higher risk to patients and staff. In those instances, the option to test will be at the discretion of the attending provider/physician.

Medical grade masks must continue to be worn at all times during the delivery of direct patient care, in hospital patient rooms and in outpatient exam rooms, even if you’re fully vaccinated. They must also be worn when receiving care within six feet of a care provider (unless asked to remove it). Medical grade masks are also encouraged in confined or crowded areas like elevators and waiting rooms, and in other general areas. Cloth masks, gaiters and masks with small plastic valves embedded in the front will not be permitted.