ARA Response to Coronavirus
The ARA team is here
for Central Texas.
When you visit our facilities
In order to assist in minimizing the spread of COVID-19 in our community, we have made adjustments to our care processes. This includes screening patients, enhanced cleaning services, and limiting visitors to our imaging centers.
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- ARA will image all patients of all ages, even those experiencing a fever with respiratory symptoms that are not suspected to be related to COVID-19. Exceptions are when a patient is:
- Positive for COVID-19 and has NOT completed the set recovery timeframe/criteria, which are:
- Five days after symptom onset or, if asymptomatic, five days after positive test results.
- Resolution of fever for at least 24 hours without the use of medication.
- Improvement of other COVID-19 symptoms.
- Pending COVID-19 test results due to COVID-19 symptoms.
- If pending test results are due to a requirement not related to COVID-19 (i.e., pre-surgery requirement), the patient will be imaged.
- Positive for COVID-19 and has NOT completed the set recovery timeframe/criteria, which are:
- If patients are unable to be imaged at ARA due to the above COVID-19 scenarios, our staff will refer them to their primary care provider or a hospital for imaging.
- ARA will image all patients of all ages, even those experiencing a fever with respiratory symptoms that are not suspected to be related to COVID-19. Exceptions are when a patient is:
- Masking is not mandatory. ARA strongly encourages patients and employees to continue wearing a mask, but it is optional.
- Patients may request an ARA employee to wear a mask during their visit.
- Any patient or employee experiencing upper respiratory/allergy symptoms is required to wear a mask.
Visitor rules and caregiver screening
The imaging center lobby/waiting rooms are fully open. In order to allow seating for all patients and essential visitors/caregivers, we have made the following changes:
- Any visitors who are not essential caregivers will be asked to remain outside the imaging center in the car. Exceptions are:
- Pediatric patients will be permitted to bring two parent visitors.
- Obstetric ultrasound patients will be permitted to bring one non-essential visitor.
- Breast imaging consult patients are allowed one non-essential visitor.
- Evening exam patients are allowed non-essential visitors after 6pm.
- Essential caregivers and approved visitors will be screened.
Imaging center status
All ARA imaging centers are currently open.
Austin Center Boulevard & Austin Center Boulevard Breast Imaging | OPEN |
Cedar Park & Cedar Park Breast Imaging | OPEN |
Mueller Children’s Imaging | OPEN |
Dripping Springs | OPEN |
Georgetown | OPEN |
Kyle & Kyle Breast Imaging | OPEN |
Georgetown | OPEN |
Manor | OPEN |
Medical Park Tower | OPEN |
Midtown / Theranostics Center / Interventional Radiology Center | OPEN |
Quarry Lake | OPEN |
Manor | OPEN |
San Marcos | OPEN |
Village | OPEN |
Southwood | OPEN |
Westlake | OPEN |
William Cannon | OPEN |
Wilson Parke | OPEN |
ARA screening exams:
- Screening mammography
- Bone densitometry
- Hysterosalpingogram (HSG)
- CT: Virtual colonography, CT calcium scoring, CT lung screening
- Ultrasound: Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening, EVLT varicose vein screening, breast screening
- MRI: Abbreviated breast MRI, MRA abdomen with elastography
We strongly encourage you to make your appointment now if you have put off your screening exam because of COVID-19. ARA has special protocols in place to keep you safe (see above), and you should take care of your health. Schedule your exam now or call us at (512) 453-6100 to talk to a representative.
For more information about COVID-19
- Nationally, go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention site at cdc.gov/coronavirus.
- In Austin, go to austintexas.gov/COVID19.
COVID-19 vaccines are not available to the public at ARA, and ARA will not serve as a vaccine distribution point.