OUTPATIENT SURGERY

What to bring day of surgery

• Wear comfortable clothes
  
• For children a favorite toy
  
• Co-pays that are required for your insurance
  
• Your Health Care Proxy information or other Advanced Directives
  
• Please arrange for someone to drive you home after surgery-You will not be allowed to drive yourself or take a cab by yourself
  It is strongly recommended that you arrange for someone to stay with you for 24 hours after surgery

Please leave at home

• Credit cards
  
• Large amounts of cash (except co-pay and money for a prescription)
  
• Jewelry-including all body piercing
  

When to report

• On the day before your scheduled surgery (or on Friday for Monday’s surgery) please call 785-4386 between 1 PM and 3 PM in order to be given your time of arrival for your surgery
  Please review any instruction sheets that were given to you during your Pre-Admission Appointment
  

Your Arrival

• Parking for Ambulatory Surgery (ASU) patients is provided in front of the Medical Office Building (826 Washington Street). You will be given a parking ticket that needs to be stamped at the front desk of ASU Proceed to the third (3rd) floor of the Medical office Building-this is the Ambulatory Surgery suite As there are space constraints we try to limit family to two members per patient

Interpreters
SMC provides interpreters for many languages. Qualified sign language interpreters areavailable for the hearing impaired. Telephone devices for the deaf (TDD) are available

Consents
A written consent for surgery will be with your physician prior to surgery. The risks and benefits of the surgery will be explained to you. Please feel free to ask any questions that you have concerning your surgery A practioner specializing in anesthesia will talk to you in advance of your operation. It is an opportunity to obtain information to provide safe anesthesia care. It is also a chance for you to ask any questions. Remember, every question is important if it helps you feel better about your operation.