COVID-19

COVID-19 Update

We hope you are staying safe during this ever-changing time. We are meeting frequently to figure out how to best meet your families’ health needs. Although our practice has seen minimal effect from coronavirus in terms of the number of patients diagnosed with COVID and severity of symptoms, we continue to maintain safe COVID practices.  We have separate waiting rooms for well children and patients who have symptoms consistent with coronavirus, we continue to follow social distance guidelines, we wear protective masks, and we sanitize frequently.

Our current update is as follows:

• We continue to see patients during our usual walk-in schedule. We are resuming our full walk-in schedule. You can be seen without an appointment from 8 am - 11 am AND 2 pm - 3 pm Monday - Friday, and at 10 am Saturday and Sunday. There will be a staff member in the hallway, to take everyone’s temperature, including parents. We now have two separate waiting rooms and the staff member will direct you to the appropriate waiting room. If you would like to see a specific provider please call to schedule an appointment.
• The office will continue to remain open 7 days/week.
• Come in for your health maintenance well visits! Along with the American Academy of Pediatrics, we strongly recommend you bring your children in for their check ups.
• We are now offering COVID testing in our office. We have rapid antigen testing, rapid antibody testing, and PCR testing. In addition to testing our patients, we are now able to test parents of our patients. For parents, the cost is $100 for rapid antigen/antibody tests and $195 for the PCR. We will give you a receipt that you can submit it to your insurance company. 
• Whether you are coming for a walk-in or for a scheduled appointment and you know you would like a COVID test for any of your family members, please enter and check out through Waiting Room 2. Any changes will be announced on our COVID Hotline (see below)
• For more information about our office COVID updates, please call our office at 312-642-5515 and press * during the greeting. If your child has worsening symptoms or if you have further questions, please call the office. Additionally, for more questions about COVID, please scan the QR code below, or call the Lurie COVID hotline at 312-227-5300
  

Also make sure to follow us on Instagram and check out our Q  &  A stories: nwcp_pediatrics

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Please continue to take care of your family, your friends, and yourself. Thank you for your patience.

The Northwestern Children’s Practice