Clinic Memo

Dec. 15, 2023  |  Clinical Operations

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REMINDER:  Student Access during Winter Closure

Kipnes

The Kipnes Simulation Lab will be CLOSED to students from 6:00pm on Friday, December 22 until 6:30am on Tuesday, January 2.

KEC

Students, including clinical grad students, will have NO ACCESS to KEC (includes Student Lab and Touchdown Desks) from 7:00pm on Friday, December 22 until 7:00am on Tuesday, January 2, 2024.

REMINDER:  After-Hours Emergency Coverage during Winter Closure

Please note that all clinical grad students will have their after-hours extension numbers inactivated during Winter Closure.  Many thanks to those who will be managing after-hours emergency calls during this time:

• Oral Medicine - 4:00pm December 15 until 9:00am January 2

• Orthodontics - 4:00pm December 15 until 9:00am January 8

• Periodontology - 4:00pm December 15 until 9:00am January 2

REMINDER:  Return of Instruments to Dispensary before Winter Break

Students are reminded to return any items that were scanned out during the Fall Term and that are no longer in use eg. impression trays, biteforks, etc.

REMINDER:  AHS Enhanced Masking Directive in KEC

Students, faculty and staff are required to mask when they are in an area where they may come into contact with patients. This includes alcoves, back hallway by Radiology, Patient Services and waiting areas - essentially all Level 8 areas except the back elevator corridor, administrative office spaces, clinical grad student touchdown areas.  Thank you for your cooperation.

UPDATE:  Collection of Personal Health Numbers

Please note that AHS Personal Health Numbers will be collected by Patient Services as part of routine collection of patient health information and will be securely stored in the respective patient's EHR.

Please see this presentation for additional details.  Please feel free to reach out to Patty Demchuk at dentrpu@ualberta.ca for more information.