continuation
• Instruct the patient to remove all personal clothing including
underwear and put on a hospital gown.
• Ask patient to remove cosmetics, jewelry including bodypiercing,
nail polish, and prostheses (eg, contact lenses, false
eyelashes, dentures). Some facilities allow a wedding band to
be left in place, depending on the type ofsurgery, provided it
is secured to the finger with tape.
• If possible, give valuables to family member or place valuables
in an appropriate area, such as the hospital safe if this is not
possible.
• Have patient empty bladder and bowel before surgery.
• Attend to any special preoperative orders such as starting an
IV line.