Helpful Guidelines for Your Next Procedure or Surgery

Before your procedure or surgery

• Pre-procedure instructions for patients and families
• Checklist for what parents and children should bring
• Pre-procedure eating and drinking instructions
• Interventional services pre-procedure eating and drinking instructions (PDF)
• Bathing instructions
• Bathing instructions for obstetric patients
• Bathing instructions for urology patients
• Planning for your child’s comfort: Before the procedure or surgery
• Pediatric anesthesia resource center questionnaire (PDF)

On the day of your procedure or surgery

• Planning for your child’s comfort: The day of the procedure or surgery

During your stay

• Planning for your child’s comfort: During recovery
• More information about pain and ways to help your child (PDF)

Going home

• Planning for your child’s comfort: Going home