FMLH Preoperative Guidelines for Off-Campus Providers
Preoperative Patient Instructions
Froedtert Hospital Pre-Surgery Patient Instructions
The Day before Your Surgery (Friday if your surgery is on Monday)
A nurse will call you between 2 & 5 PM to inform you of the time you are to arrive and answer any last minute questions.
If you do not receive a call by 5 PM, or are unavailable for us to call between 2 & 5 PM, we ask that you call Day Surgery @ 414-805-3285.
Although we try to make every attempt to contact you personally, if this is not possible, we leave a brief message on your answering machine indicating the time you should arrive. If this is not acceptable please call the Day Surgery on the day before your surgery with instructions on how to contact you.
Do NOT eat or drink anything after midnight, the day before surgery, unless otherwise instructed. This includes chewing gum, mints or hard candy.
The Morning of Surgery
You will be asked to arrive 2-3 hours prior to the time of your surgery.
Please park in the Pavilion parking lot and enter through the Pavilion entrance.
Day Surgery is located in the lower level (LL) of the Pavilion Building. Go directly to Day Surgery and check in at the front desk.
Do not use tobacco on the morning of your surgery.
Do not wear make-up or nail polish, please REMOVE all body piercings before coming to the hospital and leave valuables and jewelry at home including wedding rings.
If you wear glasses or contacts, please bring a case for safe keeping.
If you are scheduled for Outpatient Surgery:
You will be drowsy for many hours after anesthesia and MUST NOT drive a car, work with machinery, or sign any important papers for at least 24 hours.
You must arrange for a responsible adult to drive you home and be available to assist you as needed for the first 24 hours after your surgery.
Wear comfortable clothes that are easy to get on and off.
Other items to remember as they pertain to you:
- Advance Directives
- Surgical Scrub
Contact your physician if you have questions related to the surgery or develop any cold or flu type symptoms (sore throat, fever, cough, nausea and vomiting) between now and the day of your surgery.
Updated May 2012
Slawski, Haines