Your Surgery: What You Need to Know Before

General Instructions

• Do not eat or drink anything…including water
• Take your regular medicines only as instructed by your anesthesiologist in your preoperative visit
• When you arrive at the hospital, go to the Patient Access Department (Registration), located in the hospital lobby on the ground floor. You will be directed on where to go by the Patient Access staff.

What to Expect

• Make sure you are not wearing anything that can come off during surgery, such as dentures or partial plates; eyeglasses or contact lenses; jewelry; wigs; any removable prosthesis, such as an artificial eye or leg
• Your family may wait in one of our surgical waiting areas. Your physician will talk with them there after the surgery
• Your skin will be scrubbed with a special soap called Betadine. This skin preparation will reduce your chance of getting an infection. The reddish color will wash away without staining your skin
• When your procedure is over, you will be moved to the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)