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Prepare for a Surgery

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Virtual Preop Clinic

Moncton, Beauséjour : 506 852 2836
Edmundston, Northwest : 506 739 2397
Campbellton, Restigouche : 506 789 5015
Acadie-Bathurst : 506 544 2320

The services are provided online, by telephone or in person.

The operation preparation activities cover many topics:

  • Preparation the day before and the morning of the operation;
  • Anesthesia;
  • Procedure;
  • Hospital stay;
  • Return home.

These services are for patients who need to undergo an operation. The clinic prepares them before their operation. The clinic does as follows:

  • Informs patients about the various steps involved in the operation;
  • Helps them prepare to manage their own care;
  • Informs them of the resources available;
  • Supports them in using the appropriate resources;
  • Supports them in applying the advice received.

 

Preparing for surgery is different during the COVID-19 pandemic. More precautions need to be taken to ensure the safety of patients, clients, families and health care workers. Please read the following information before your surgery and appointments.
 

What to expect when you arrive at the hospital

Arrive at the hospital at your scheduled appointment time and follow the instructions provided by your health care provider. Your appointment should be one or two hours before your surgery. If you arrive too early, you may be asked to wait in your vehicle, to limit the number of people in the waiting areas.

All patients are screened before entering the hospital; this involves being asked a series of questions.

When you enter the hospital, clean your hands with hand sanitizer. You must wear a mask when you enter the hospital.

  • Medical masks are provided to patients and visitors at the facility entrance.
    Inpatients who can tolerate wearing a medical mask must wear a medical mask when a health care worker is less than two meters (or six feet) away from them.
  • Admitted patients circulating outside of their room must wear a medical mask, except for long-term care patients and veterans who are in closed units.
  • To learn the right way to put on and remove a mask, follow these links: mask with loops (put on and remove) or mask with ties (put on and remove).

 

In most cases, updates on your surgery will be provided by phone. The surgeon will contact your support person and/or substitute decision maker using the contact information you provided.a plupart du temps, les mises à jour sur votre chirurgie seront faites par téléphone. Le chirurgien communiquera avec votre personne de soutien et/ou mandataire spécial à l’aide des coordonnées que vous aurez fournies.

 

Support person and/or Substitute Decision Maker

Vitalité Health Network has visitor restrictions in place. In other words, your support person and/or substitute decision maker can drop you off at and pick you up from the hospital for your surgery and your appointments but cannot stay at the hospital.

  • Provide a phone number for your support person and/or substitute decision maker to your health care team so that the team can reach this person in case of an emergency or ask this person to come and pick-up you from the hospital after your surgery.
  • Your health care team will give you instructions for leaving the hospital.


To prevent the spread of COVID-19, keep a physical distance of two metres (or six feet) between yourself and others while you are inside a Network facility. This guideline also applies when you are in line to enter the hospital and when you are in a waiting area.

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