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On the road again! OccuFit conducting hearing tests and keeping social distance.

Travis Flenniken • Jun 09, 2020

Hearing tests using personal sound booths in NC and GA

OccuFit has always used individual sound booths to improve the quality of the hearing test. In the age of COVID-19, the individual sound booths serve an additional benefit - keeping participants at a social distance while taking a hearing test. 

On the top row, OccuFit is at a flooring manufacturer in Dalton, GA. The bottom images are of OccuFit technicians at a factory in North Carolina. 

Each participant enters the booths one-at-a-time, and they are dismissed one-at-a-time. They are provided hand sanitizer and alcohol wipes when they enter and when they exit. After the test, each booth is blasted with a sanitizing solution by a electrostatic sprayer. 

OccuFit continues to keep customer compliant with OSHA regulations despite the challenges of COVID-19! 
 
21 Apr, 2023
OccuFit provides high-volume hearing tests AND keeps participants at a safe distance during COVID-19.
19 Nov, 2020
Because OccuFit utilizes individual sound booths in its testing units, up to 8 employees can be tested at one time without coming in close contact with each other. At full capacity, OccuFit can test over 400 employees per day and keep everyone at a safe distance, complying with CDC guidelines. To watch how this is done, click the link to watch the video .
07 Jul, 2020
NHCA initiated a Task Force for developing guidance to safely conduct hearing testing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The intent of this document is to provide a “Best Practices” guidance to Hearing Testing Professionals to help minimize their risk of SARS CoV-2 infection through person-to-person spread within occupational health clinics, company in-house testing and mobile test environments. Among other topics such as PPE and screening, the document addresses social distancing on mobile testing units. It states the following: - Mobile unit testing multiple employees within a single test booth: a. Social distancing may not be possible but reducing the number of individuals tested at one time should be practiced i. Consider testing ≤ 50% of test booth capacity ii. Consider spacing employees in an alternate or zig-zag layout and not physically opposite each other iii. Dividers, curtains or protective screens are recommended between employees next to and opposite each other iv. Require employees to wear face cloth covering v. Monitor employees for coughing or sneezing vi. If any employee starts coughing or sneezing, all employees must be immediately removed, and the test area disinfected THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE WITH OCCUFIT BECAUSE WE USE INDIVIDUAL SOUND BOOTHS WHICH ALLOWS FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING DURING THE ENTIRE TEST. This helpful document can be found here.
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