The doctors and staff of Alamo Maxillofacial Surgical Associates are committed to ensuring your visits with us are pleasant and professional. Consequently, we understand the importance you place on the quality and the safety of services we provide. Our company has met the challenge of protecting both patient and employee while providing comprehensive, quality healthcare in the following ways:
During your contact with doctors and staff at our office, you will notice that employees of Alamo Maxillofacial Surgical Associates, P.A. wear lab coats, gloves, masks and goggles when anticipating contact with patient fluids. This system is referred to as barrier protection and you may hear us mention this term periodically. Additionally, our offices subject all surgical instruments to meticulous sterilization techniques including steam heat autoclaving of all handpieces and instruments. Our office uses disposable needles, blades and burrs to further minimize the risk of cross contamination. As added protection, office waste products are separated and disposed in specialized ways according to hazardous waste designation.
Our doctors and all of our employees who may be exposed to patient blood have taken the appropriate vaccination to protect them from contracting and spreading Hepatitis B. Our internal corporate policy requires each doctor to be tested annually for HIV. This testing has shown no positive results. We take extra precautions above what is federally and locally mandated and hope that, in the event an accident occurs in which an employee or doctor is injured by a contaminated instrument, you would agree to be tested for HIV and Hepatitis B at our expense.
All of our employees, including the administrative staff, are required to maintain certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). Our doctors also maintain certification inCardiac Life Support (ACLS) giving them expertise in handling cardiac problems and emergencies. Additionally, each office has an established emergency protocol system to ensure that we are prepared to handle medical emergencies quickly and appropriately.
Alamo Maxillofacial Surgical Associates complies with all aspects of stiff regulations from OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration). Our company has a designated OSHA compliance officer at each office to ensure that we meet the existing regulations and to keep our offices in compliance as new regulations are mandated by this agency.
As part of their residency training our doctors have undergone extensive training in administration of anesthesia in the office. Each surgical room is equipped with the necessary monitoring devices to ensure patient safety while under anesthesia. Our doctors and staff have undergone additional voluntary office anesthesia evaluations performed by The Texas Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons to ensure that we are treating our patients safely and appropriately under all types of anesthesia in accordance with the accepted standards of medical care.
Please be sure to discuss any questions or concerns you may have about the measures taken to assure your comfort and safety with your doctor. Our goal is to ensure you are appropriately informed of all matters related to your health and well-being. Thank you for choosing Alamo Maxillofacial Surgical Associates for your oral and maxillofacial surgery needs.