COVID-19 Information
The safety of our patients and staff is our highest priority.
To ensure this, at Seaford Day Surgery we follow the SA Health guidelines and recommendations. The following is subject to change in accordance with advice received.
COVID-19 and Patient Screening
All patients will receive a pre-operative telephone call from one of our nurses prior to surgery date. You will be asked exclusion criteria questions during the telephone call.
Screening questions include:
- If you have any of these signs/symptoms; fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose or shortness of breath
- If you have tested positive with COVID-19 in the last two weeks
- If you are a close contact of a person with confirmed COVID-19
If you develop any signs/symptoms prior to your surgery date or after your pre-operative telephone call, you are urged to take a rapid antigen test (RAT) and a negative test result is needed for admission to proceed.
In the event of a negative RAT but signs and symptoms persist and/or you feel poorly, you are advised to contact your doctor and consider rescheduling admission.