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PREADMISSION INFO
Please read and follow the instructions listed below:
- Call the PreAdmission Clinic for an appointment to complete your testing
at (863) 293-1121 (Ext. 1341.) New clinic hours are 7:30 AM to 5:00
PM on Monday thru Friday. Call your surgeon if you are unable to schedule
or keep your testing appointment.
- Routine testing usually requires approximately one (1) hour to complete.
The admitting nurse will also give you complete pre-op instructions
and perform a brief physical assessment at the time. Free parking is
available in the Outpatient parking lot.
- Bring all your medications and your insurance card(s) to your testing
appointment. The nurse and clerk will need this information.
- Orders are necessary to complete your tests. Your doctor may send
his/her orders to the Admitting Nurse or call them to her. Bring any
orders that he/she gives to you on the day of Pre-Admission testing.
- Your doctor will receive a copy of your test results. Another copy
is kept in your record and will be available to the anesthesiologist
before your admission.
- Patients who have their testing done outside the Hospital must call
the nurse for a telephone interview. Medical information will be obtained
and instructions will be given for the day of surgery. Be sure to bring
all your medications to the telephone before you call the nurse.
- The medical information given to the Admitting Nurse will be available
to the anesthesiologist so that he/she will have advance knowledge of
your medical history. Be sure to give any pertinent medical information
during this interview with the nurse.
- Be sure to follow any instructions given to you by your doctor and
the Admitting Nurse on the day of your surgery. Last minutes time change
for surgery may occur as cases are rescheduled or cancelled. You may
be called to come in a little earlier than anticipated.
- If you have not been contacted by Winter Haven Hospital registration regarding your insurance coverage within two weeks of the scheduled procedure, please call (863) 293-1121 Ext. 3801, 3803, 3805) for assistance.