COVID-19 Changes at Gladstone Veterinary Clinic

CURB-SIDE SERVICE

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Gladstone Veterinary Clinic is adhering to social distancing guidelines and providing curbside service for our patients while restricting building access to employees and animals only. We miss seeing you face-to-face, but our goal is to adhere to social distancing guidelines as much as we can to keep our clients and team members as safe and healthy as possible, while still providing the best possible care for our patients. Please know that we are doing everything we can to decrease risk, including implementing new disinfection protocols and sick policies for employees.

SICK PET FOCUS WITH LIMITED PREVENTIVE CARE

Due to severe shortages of exam gloves, surgical masks and gowns, and other supplies, we are mandated by an Executive Order from the Governor of Oregon to significantly limit our procedures to preserve these supplies for human hospitals. We are limiting surgeries and dental procedures to medically-necessary procedures to relieve pain, remove aggressive cancerous masses, etc. We plan to schedule other procedures, such as spays, neuters, routine dental procedures, etc., after June 15th in accordance with the current Executive Order.

At this time, we are focusing our care on pets with health issues and deferring preventive care for healthy, previously vaccinated pets for a projected 2 months. This will also decrease our team’s potential risk of exposure. We plan to adjust this timeline in response to ever-changing demands of this pandemic. We will continue to vaccinate puppies and kittens to protect them from life-threatening diseases.

WHAT ARE THE RISKS OF COVID-19 TO MY PETS?

Dogs, cats, and other domestic animals have NOT been found to be carriers of COVID-19. COVID-19 is now spread by human-to-human transmission through respiratory droplets and contact with surfaces contaminated with those droplets. However, if you are symptomatic for COVID-19, the CDC recommends that you have another person take over care of your pet to reduce the risk of possible transfer of surface contamination. Pets do not carry this strain of the coronavirus, and are not considered an active source of infection.

STAY SAFE AND TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER

If you or anyone in your household is or has been sick with upper respiratory signs in the past 14 days, or has been exposed to a possible or confirmed COVID-19 case in the past 14 days, please reschedule your pet’s appointment to a later date. If your pet needs to be seen urgently, please have someone else bring your pet in for you and notify us so we can take the proper precautions.

It is important that our team stay healthy, that we do what we can to limit the spread of disease among our clients, and to do our part in “flattening the curve” in our community. As you know, we are a small, family-owned business and we’ve been committed to this wonderful community for nearly 40 years.

Thank you for your patience as we navigate these challenges so we can continue to provide the same compassionate, Fear-Free, expert care that you know and expect from us. Stay safe and be well.

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