You are directed to the Preoperative Care Center (POCC) from the admitting
desk in the Piper Lobby. The Preoperative Care Center (POCC) is located on
the lower level of the Piper Building (campus
map)
You are checked in at the reception area of the Preoperative Care Center
(POCC).
You are called from the waiting area and escorted to a surgery preparation
room.
It is important that all members of your care team know about significant parts
of your health history, such as medications, allergies, implants, and when you
have last had something to eat or drink. Important information is recorded in
your chart, but you may also be asked the same or similar questions by more than
one of your caregivers.
You are weighed and asked to change into hospital gown and slippers. Your
clothing is placed in a garment bag and taken to a locked closet area while
you are in surgery.
Glasses, dentures and hearing aids are given to your family. (You are not
to wear any jewelry or contact lenses to the hospital when you come. This
includes wedding rings, body-piercing jewelry, hair pins, etc.)
Your blood pressure, heart rate, and preoperative information is checked
by a Preoperative Care Center (POCC) nurse.
You are met by the anesthesiologist, nurse anesthetist, operating room (OR)
nurse, and your surgeon in Preoperative Care Center (POCC) to discuss your
anesthesia and surgery.
You are given the proper medication(s) intrevenously (IV) which may include
drugs to help you relax and prepare for anesthesia.
If you wish your family is called from the waiting room to be with you until
it is time to bring you to the operating room (OR) if you wish.
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