We understand the growing concern about Coronavirus/COVID-19 in our community. Nova Medical Experts is taking a pro-active approach by taking precautions in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) & University of Washington guidelines to keep our Examinees and staff at a low risk of exposure to communicable diseases. We are screening all Examinees and other ancillary personnel, such as videographers, legal nurse consultants, legal representatives, interpreters, and all other persons that will be participating in IMEs, PIP exams, and CR-35 exams. We are also screening all Examinees over the phone and in-clinic and have screeners at the doors of our main Seattle location who provide surgical masks to Examinees who need them.

Our in-clinic process involves screening Examinees and other relevant personnel for recent travel, cough, chest pain, difficulty breathing, and temperature above 100 degrees. If any of these symptoms are present, we will recommend that individuals see their family physician or present to an urgent care center for COVID-19 testing. We allow no more than two people in the reception area at any one time, maintaining the recommended 6-ft distance between any two persons. Individuals not directly involved in the examination will be asked to wait in the Fisher Plaza lobby.

Once Examinees or other relevant personnel are screened, they will immediately be placed in a disinfected exam-holding room (with no more than two persons per room). Once the examination is to begin, all personnel will be directed to our large disinfected examination room where the interview and physical examination will take place, with all Nova personnel wearing surgical scrubs, surgical caps, gloves and surgical masks. We’ve found that Examinees are comforted by our process as we have their best interest at heart.

At the conclusion of every examination, the entire office is deep cleaned in preparation for the next Examinee, and so on.

For those cases where examinations are not required, Nova Medical Experts will proceed with detailed medical records reviews.

Nova Medical Experts is committed to taking a leadership role in medical-legal examinations. We provide a state-of-art facility with a trained medical staff. We believe that we can continue to provide safe and detailed medical-legal examinations using our protocol.

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