Total-Joint-Arthroplasty-Guidebooks-2020

Step 5 - Surgery

What to Bring Day of Surgery Please do not bring valuables to the hospital. Please bring: • Exercise shoes with a closed-in heel and non-slip sole • Glasses, hearing aid, and any other items you use everyday • You will be getting dressed the day after surgery in regular comfortable clothes; no jeans or other restrictive clothing • A list of medications you are currently taking (we will need the name, strength and what time of day you take them, and how often you take each medication). Leave all medications at home unless your surgeon has told you to bring it in. We cannot leave these medications at the bedside. • A list of allergies (to food, material or medicine) and how you react to each one • Your Advance Directive (Living Will) or Health Care Power-of-Attorney (if you have one). Our staff is required by law to ask if you have one when you are admitted. They will make a copy for your medical record and return the original. • If you have sleep apnea, please bring your CPAP or BiPAP • Loose fitting tops that zip or button up, and loose-fitting pants • Grooming items such as shampoo, toothpaste, and deodorant

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